Stefania D’Ignoti is an award-winning journalist who is currently based in Italy and the Middle East.

She specialises in reporting on refugees, human rights and conflict. Her work has appeared in several international media outlets, including the BBC, the Guardian, Al Jazeera English and the Washington Post. Several orgnanisations have supported her reporting from several organisations, including the National Geographic Society, the International Women’s Media Foundation and IJ4EU. She graduated from Columbia University’s Journalism School and was named a Forbes Under 30 Europe laureate in 2023. She also teaches journalism at the Scuola Holden in Turin, Italy.

Basic information

Name
Stefania D’Ignoti
Title
Reporter and writer
Expertise
Conflict, migration, human rights
Country
Italy
City
Catania
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Supported projects

How Refugee and Climate Crises Collide on Greek and Italian Islands

  • Climate
  • Migration

PALERMO - Since 2015, Greece and Italy have been at the forefront of the European refugee crisis. As major gateways into the EU, both countries have faced the immense challenge of receiving displaced people, all the while grappling with political pressure, limited resources, and increasingly restrictive migration policies. But what would happen if the roles were reversed and citizens of these same nations, which have long experience with incoming displacement, were forced to flee?

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Europe's fault lines in the reception of Ukrainian orphans

  • Armed conflict
  • Social affairs
  • Youth

KYIV / CATANIA / BARCELONA – This investigation by a cross-border team of journalists from Ukraine, Spain and Italy reveals what happened when thousands of Ukrainian orphans, who had been placed in foster care across Europe following Russia’s large-scale invasion, were called back to Ukraine.

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