Maria Cristina Fraddosio is an Italian multimedia investigative journalist. With over 15 years' experience, she specialises in cross-border investigations focusing primarily on environmental issues, industrial pollution, and human rights.
Her work has been published in La Repubblica, Il Manifesto, HuffPost Italia, Il Fatto Quotidiano, L’Espresso, TBIJ and Radio Popolare. She is registered with the Italian Register of Professional Journalists. She has received several awards, including the ‘Schiena Dritta’ prize, named after the former President of the Italian Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. She conceived and produced the documentary Mena, and translated the book La forza della speranza (The Power of Hope) by the Argentine Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and the Japanese philosopher Daisaku Ikeda from Spanish into Italian. She has also produced in-depth investigative reports on Latin America and its indigenous peoples.
