Luciano Fontana, Director of Corriere della Sera; Maurizio Molinari, Director of La Repubblica; Agnese Pini, Director of QN; Roberto Sommella, Director of MF-Milano Finanza. Moderated by Bernhard Scholz, President of the Meeting Foundation for Friendship among Peoples ETS.

Day by day, newspapers keep us informed about events and developments, both near and far, through their information, stories, interpretations, and comments. Their impact on everyone’s daily life and the country as a whole is difficult to measure but undoubtedly strong and influential. With the advent of television and now the exponential spread of social media, they have remained privileged interlocutors for the understanding of political, economic, and cultural life. How do they conceive their role in public debate, their responsibility for democracy and pluralism? What specific orientation do they propose to their readers? And what forms of self-criticism do they employ?