Lilli Gruber
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Template:EP6 MEP image Dietlinde Gruber (born April 19, 1957), normally known as Lilli Gruber, is an Italian politician and former television journalist, and Member of the European Parliament for Central with the Olive Tree, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
She is an alternate on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Chair of the Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen.
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Biography
A fluent speaker of both German and Italian languages, Gruber was born at Bozen-Bolzano.
In 1987 she became the first woman to present Italian television news in the early evening, for the primary state operated channel Raiuno. In 1988, she became international political correspondent for RAI, covering events such as the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, war in the former Yugoslavia, the terrorist attacks of September 11, the Iraqi crisis and the war in Iraq.
In April 2004 Gruber resigned from her post with the state run television channel RAI, where she had presented the channel's main evening news programme. She has complained that the media influence of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi represented an "unresolved conflict of interest", and that RAI had abandoned its tradition of pluralism and now mostly reflects the current government's views. Other than RAI, she has also worked for the daily newspaper La Stampa, the "Io Donna" section of Corriere della Sera, and for magazines Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni and Anna.
In 2004 she was elected to the European Parliament as a member of the Olive Tree ticket. She topped the Olive Tree personal votes in two electoral regions, and beat Mr. Berlusconi in the Central region vote.
She is expected to continue her campaign against media monopolies at the European level.
Career
- since 1982: Professional journalist
- 1984 to 2004: Worked for RAI (Italian radio and television broadcasting company)
- 1999: worked with the German TV channel SWF (1988) and Pro 7 (1996) and with CBS
Education
- 1993: 'William Benton Fellowship for Broadcasting Journalists' at the University of Chicago
- 2002: 'Visiting scholar' at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University; for two years 'discussion leader' at the World Economic Forum of Davos
Awards and honours
- 1991: "Numeri UNO" Prize
- 1995: Best Female Journalist
- 1995: Carlo Schmidt Preis, awarded in Germany for distinguished service to freedom of information
- 1995: Fregene prize
- 2001: Spoleto prize
- For covering the war in Iraq, Inter Alia
- 2004: Honorary graduate of the American University of Rome
Works
- I miei Giorni a Baghdad ("My Days in Baghdad", 2004)
- L'altro Islam ("The Other Islam", 2004)
See also
External links
- Lilli Gruber's Home Page
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- Template:Declaration of financial interests of the 6th term
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