Giornale di Brescia is a regional newspaper based in Brescia, Italy. The paper has been in circulation since 1945.

Giornale di Brescia
Editor-in-chiefNunzia Vallini
Founded27 April 1945
LanguageItalian
HeadquartersBrescia
CountryItaly

History and profile edit

Giornale di Brescia was founded in 1945.[1][2] The first issue appeared on 27 April 1945.[3] The paper was official organ of the National Liberation Committee.[2][4] Its headquarters is in Brescia.[1][5] The paper was redesigned on 27 April 2015, its 70th anniversary.[6]

In late September 2015 Nunzia Vallini was named as the director of the paper.[7] She replaced Giacomo Scanzi in the post.[7]

Giornale di Brescia published 141 stories written by Enrico Morovich between 1949 and 1978.[8] The paper started a supplement entitled Summer Garda in 2015 to promote the tourism in Lake Garda.[9] It was a magazine published in the spring and summer months.[9] Giornale di Brescia temporarily closed its official Facebook page in November 2020 due to racist and negative comments on the COVID-19-related deaths in Italy.[10] After making changes in its social media policy it restarted to post on Facebook from 26 April 2022.[10]

In 2012 Giornale di Brescia sold 18,419,601 copies.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Western Europe 2003. London; New York: Europa Publications. 2002. p. 392. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  2. ^ a b "Con il GdB attraverso i suoi 70 anni di storia". Giornale di Brescia (in Italian). 3 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Il Giornale di Brescia va in edicola completamente rinnovato". Prima Online (in Italian). 27 April 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. ^ Nick Carter (2024). "Beyond Rome: Brescia and the Difficult Heritage of Italian Fascism". Journal of Contemporary History. 59 (1): 63. doi:10.1177/00220094231182444.
  5. ^ Colin Porlezza; Stephan Russ Mohl (2013). "Getting the Facts Straight in a Digital Era: Journalistic Accuracy and Trustworthiness". In Chris Peters; M.J. Broersma (eds.). Rethinking Journalism: Trust and Participation in a Transformed News Landscape. London; New York: Routledge. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-136-24122-2.
  6. ^ Dario Dellanoce (29 April 2015). "Giornale DI Brescia e La Nuova Offerta Digitale". Sketchin (in Italian). Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Nunzia Vallini è il nuovo direttore del Giornale di Brescia". BS News (in Italian). 28 September 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Research output". unicatt.it. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Summer Lake Garda Magazine – August 2015". lovelakegarda.net. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  10. ^ a b Roberta Cavaglia (19 July 2022). "How one Italian newspaper put Facebook "on lockdown" for more than a year". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Daily newspapers: national circulation (2012)". Agcom. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

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