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JOURNALIST

GIOVANNA CIPRIANI

ABOUT

GIOVANNA CIPRIANI

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Giovanna Cipriani is a professional freelance journalist living between Venice and London. Giovanna was born in Venice. It was there that she developed her first love for photography. For her 13th birthday, her father gave her a Canon AT1 as a present. Since then and throughout the years, she always kept her eye on the camera.

After graduating from the Law School of Bologna, she became fascinated by Journalism. She decided to continue her studies as a journalist and received her degree in 1992. After passing the State exam to become a professional journalist, she was hired by the Italian National Television Network, Rai TV, as a correspondent.

Since 1995, she has covered all major conflicts and has created a series of documentaries, winning awards internationally: Kabul from Dawn to Dusk, Palermo Children in and out of Jail, The Gulf War Syndrome are among the titles. She then became Rai channel 2 Bureau Chief for Foreign Affairs.

She anchored the news and was both author and anchor for the very successful talk show, XII Round, which she syndicated in the USA as The Ring. During her years at Rai, Giovanna continued her passion for photography, taking pictures of the many events she had the opportunity to witness.

She published her pictures through agencies like Outline and major Italian magazines. As a correspondent and anchor for the news, she interviewed many of the world leaders: Yasser Arafar, Tareq Aziz, Pervez Musharraf, SaliBerish, Fernana Henrique Cardoso, Giovanni Agnelli, among others, when they were at the height of their prominence. More recently, she has done a series of exhibitions connecting art and photography. She has worked on a series of six stories about the "Forgotten People" of the world; the ones whose lives are never heard. The Stories were published by The Independent on Sunday. Since 2020 she has directed and produced the documentary "Shahad" on life after ISIS in camps in Northern Iraq. 

Shahad has won several Film Festivals including but not limited to: Black Cat Award International Film Festival, Kosice International Film Festival, and Docs Without Borders Film Festival.

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PHOTOGRAHY

PHOTOGRAPHY

VIDEO

VIDEOS

NEWS

TESTIMONIALS

TESTIMONIALS

Giovanna defines the word humanitarian through her constant bravery

and commitment to give a voice to those that deserve to be heard

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Bill Clinton

Former US President

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Hillary Clinton

Former US Secratary of State

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Pervez Musharraf

Former President of Pakistan

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Yasser Arafat

Former President of the Palestinian Authority

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Tariq Aziz

Former Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq

Giovanna has travelled the world reporting and shooting in the most dangerous regions, a true humanitarian, her work catalogues first hand the reality of the world in which we live. Driven to affect positive change through awareness, Giovannas work tells its own story.

PRESS
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The Mail on Sunday

Feature articles on the war in the Central African Republic

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Rai Television

Rai Channel 2 Bureau Chief for Foreign Affairs

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Reuters News

Covering stories in Sudan and surrounding Africa

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Independent on Sunday

International photography and journalism

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