Il Riformista

Il Riformista
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Berliner
Owner(s)	Romeo Editore srl
Founder(s)	Claudio Velardi
Editor	Claudio Velardi
Founded	23 October 2002
Political alignment	Liberalism; Reformism; Formerly; Left-libertarianism; Social democracy
Language	Italian
Ceased publication	30 March 2012
Relaunched	29 October 2019
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Circulation	15.000 (2019)
ISSN	1723-8080
OCLC number	464785916
Website	ilriformista.it

Il Riformista (English: "The Reformist") is an Italian political and financial newspaper based in Rome, Italy.

History and profile

Launched on 23 October 2002,^[1] Il Riformista was formed of about four pages with orange as main colour used. The paper closed on 30 March 2012 because of financial problems. It was later relaunched on 29 October 2019.^[2] In 2023, former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi was appointed as editor.^[3] Renzi resigned as editor in 2024 and was replaced by Alessandro Barbano and then Claudio Velardi.^[4]

Editors-in-chief

Antonio Polito (2002–2006)
Stefano Cingolani (2006)
Paolo Franchi (2006–2008)
Antonio Polito (2008–2010)
Stefano Cappellini (2010–2011)
Emanuele Macaluso (2011–2012)

Publications suspended from 2012 to 2019

Piero Sansonetti (2019–2023)
Matteo Renzi and Andrea Ruggieri (2023–2024)
Alessandro Barbano (2024)
Claudio Velardi (since 2024)

Columnist and journalists

Past columnists

Tariq Ramadan
Guia Soncini
Ritanna Armeni
Giampaolo Pansa
Andrea Romano
Marco Ferrante
Peppino Caldarola
Maurizio Costanzo
Filippo Facci
Giuliano Da Empoli
Lucetta Scaraffia
Claudia Mancina
Luciano Violante
Alberto Mingardi
Antonello Piroso
Chicco Testa

Current columnists

References

^ Eugénie Saitta (April 2006). "The Transformations of Traditional Mass Media Involvement in the Political and Electoral Process" (Conference Paper). Nicosia, Cyprus: ECPR. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
^ "Bergamini (FI): "Il 29 ottobre torna in edicola la nuova edizione de 'Il Riformista' "". Il Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 23 October 2019.
^ "Matteo Renzi è il nuovo direttore del Riformista - Politica - Ansa.it". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 5 April 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
^ "Il Riformista è una giostra: il nuovo direttore è Claudio Velardi. Alessandro Barbano chiamato da Caltagirone per guidare il Messaggero". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 15 April 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

External links

Il Riformista official site (in Italian)

[1] Eugénie Saitta (April 2006). "The Transformations of Traditional Mass Media Involvement in the Political and Electoral Process" (Conference Paper). Nicosia, Cyprus: ECPR. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

[2] "Bergamini (FI): "Il 29 ottobre torna in edicola la nuova edizione de 'Il Riformista' "". Il Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 23 October 2019.

[3] "Matteo Renzi è il nuovo direttore del Riformista - Politica - Ansa.it". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 5 April 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

[4] "Il Riformista è una giostra: il nuovo direttore è Claudio Velardi. Alessandro Barbano chiamato da Caltagirone per guidare il Messaggero". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 15 April 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

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