Roberto Mostarda
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Roberto Mostarda

Born in Rome on 18 February 1953. Classical studies and university education in law. Professional journalist since June 1976. In the press from the end of 1973 until October 1996 as news editor, domestic policy, foreign policy, economics. From the end of 1997 until 2000, experience in the newsroom as editor-in-chief of a magazine and television presenter in the private circuits belonging to the “Cinquestelle” syndication then widespread and present throughout the country.

In 1998 he began his collaboration with RAI, in the editorial staff of the Radio News and in 2006 he was hired by the company as a professional journalist and remained there until June 2013. During this time, he was one of the voices of the various headings of the Radio Newspaper (Gr1, Gr2, Gr3) and the RadioRai network, where he was a member of various editorial offices, including Culture and Entertainment, Science and Society. He has been involved in trade union politics since the beginning of his profession, where he has held various positions in editorial representation and in the radio newspaper, in Usigrai he was a member of the editorial board of the Radio Newspaper for more than five years.

He was a member of the Board of Arbitrators of the Roman Press Association for four years, a national councillor of the National Union of Italian Chronists (Unci) and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Roman Chronists Union and its Secretary since 2023.

He was one of the founders, responsible for communication (2015-2016) then president (2017-2018) of the Italy-USA Foundation, whose various activities include the promotion of an academic master's degree on marketing, corporate communication and made in Italy. He deals at a cognitive and scholarly level with the internationalisation of businesses and the growing impact of Artificial Intelligence on the complex evolution of the journalistic profession and in communication more generally.

He has been a member of the Board of Founders of the Italian Foundation on Neurodegenerative Diseases (FIMAN) since 2016. He is a member of the Rotary Club where he has served as Chairman of the Communications Committee of the Club Roma Nord Est, Secretary and Prefect. In the Rotary Year 2024/25, he was President of the Club. He is a member of the “Salvo D'Acquisto” section of the National Carabinieri Association.

He writes about foreign policy, domestic politics, economics, society, culture, science, research and the environment on the international online portal Meer (formerly Wall Street International Magazine) and collaborates occasionally with other websites. He is among the contributors in the field of Communication with IRIAE-The International Research Institute for Archaeology and Ethnology.

From 2018 to 2021, he was president of the Disciplinary Council c/o Ordine dei Giornalisti del Lazio and an expert in that capacity on the Reform Committee established at the National Order of Journalists. Currently, as mentioned, he is secretary of the Roman Cronisti Syndicate, a specialisation group within the Roman Press Association / FNSI.

He is responsible for the Syndicate's training and referent for Continuing Professional Training as director of the third training body SCR recognised by the National Council of the Order of Journalists in February 2025. In this capacity, he coordinates the realisation of specialisation courses according to national regulations and more generally follows training in the field of institutional and corporate communication.

He is interested in the circular economy within the framework of the relevant department created within the Humanitas University Consortium and follows various activities related to artificial intelligence and its possible impact on the practical life of communities, individuals and society as a whole.

His interests also include international politics, the evolution of relations between states and supranational organisations from a regulatory perspective and the articulated and complex role due to the variety of systems in place, of information and communication in the face of direct and mediated attempts to contain and harness correct information and the substantive truth of facts, the basis of any free and democratic system.

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