Federico Franchini is journalist based in Lugano, Switzerland.

Federico puts an emphasis on the role of Switzerland as a hub of the international world trade, the legal and the illegal one. He’s part-time freelance and also works for the Union’s magazine Area.

In 2017 Federico got the Swiss Italian journalism award for his investigation about the BSI bank, published by Area and La Cité.

Federico Franchini

Basic information

Name
Federico Franchini
Title
Journalist
Country
Switzerland
City
Lugano

Supported projects

Dirty Sky: The Private Jets Dilemma

  • Climate
  • Environment
  • Transport

PARIS - An in-depth investigation of the We Report network looked in the cockpit of the privatised airplane industry. Behind the scenes, the polluting footprint of a few rich is infinite.

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Waterstories.eu: the dark side of the European bottled water industry

  • Environment
  • Industry

VOLVIC - An in-depth investigation of the We Report network uncovers the dark side of the bottled water business in Europe, where the market is dominated by multinational companies such as Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Danone.

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