Journalism and Crime Reporting
Lecturer: Dr Stefano Zurlo
Open to: All students enrolled in Bachelor’s degree programmes
Maximum number of participants: 50
Minimum number of participants: 10 (the workshop will not be held if the minimum number is not reached)
Language: Italian
Overview:
The Garlasco Murder Case:
A final conviction of Alberto Stasi is now being questioned by a new investigation focusing on another suspect, Andrea Sempio. At present, however, no substantial new elements have emerged. An unprecedented case that has dominated newspapers and television for over a year.
The Perugia Murder Case:
A highly controversial case: the death of Meredith Kercher and the conviction of Rudy Guede, ruled to have acted with unknown accomplices. Initially, those “unknown persons” had names: Raffaele Sollecito and Amanda Knox, who were later acquitted in dramatic fashion due to improperly collected evidence. Amanda was subsequently convicted of slander, and court rulings stated she had been present in the room where the murder occurred. In short, a complex and almost unbelievable story, which we shall reconstruct from a journalistic perspective: examining emerging facts, criticism of the verdicts and key passages from the rulings.
The Avetrana Murder Case:
Another major case, notable for figures such as Michele Misseri, who became a prominent character in the Italian media landscape. The workshop will examine the investigation, Misseri’s shifting accounts, and the convictions of Sabrina Misseri and her mother, Cosima Serrano.
The Death of the Paratrooper Emanuele Scieri:
A tragic case in which the initial investigation led nowhere, prompting a parliamentary inquiry into the case and the phenomenon of hazing in military barracks. Scieri was found dead in the Pisa barracks shortly after arriving in August 1991.
A reopened investigation two decades later identified those responsible. An exemplary cold case.
The Beasts of Satan:
Three murders, an initial underestimation by the Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office of the disappearance of two teenagers in 1998, and another killing in 2004 that forced the reopening of the earlier cases. The Beasts of Satan, a group of youths operating in the Milan hinterland, were convicted of three murders and of inciting a fourth person to commit suicide, an extremely difficult charge to prove.
The group may be responsible for further deaths, leaving a trail of blood behind them.
Dates:
- Friday 6 March, 10:30–13:30
- Friday 13 March, 10:30–13:30
- Friday 20 March, 10:30–13:30
All sessions will take place in the Mike Bongiorno Lecture Room.