Emanuele Piano is an Italian award winning investigative journalist presently based in Istanbul, Türkiye.
He has been producing and directing investigative reports, documentaries and series for Al Jazeera, RAI, Sky, ARTE, ABC (USA), CBS (USA) and other international broadcasters.
He is experienced in carrying out in-depth cross-border investigations in a diverse array of topics: from organized crime groups to match-fixing in sports, from money laundering to the role of corporations in exploiting our resources, migrant labor or polluting our planet.
Emanuele is currently working for Emmy Award winning show “Off The Grid” on TRT World.
Having grown up outside of his native country and with a background in Economics, he earned a Masters degree in Development Economics before deciding to become a journalist. As a freelance correspondent, he covered Africa, its major conflicts and humanitarian crisis for almost a decade. He speaks fluently Italian, English, French and has good understanding of Spanish and Portuguese.
