Christoph Franceschini

Christoph Franceschini (born December 22, 1964 in Eppan ) is a journalist and documentary filmmaker from South Tyrol .

biography

Franceschini studied history, philosophy and political science at the University of Innsbruck , but did not graduate. The manuscript of his diploma thesis that was not submitted was later quoted by his supervisor Rolf Steininger in his historical work. Since 1984 he has been a freelancer for the Rai broadcaster Bozen (now Rai Südtirol ), and from 1996 to 2013 he was editor of the Neue Südtiroler Tageszeitung . Since then he has published his articles and reports on the news website salto.bz , which he also served as editor-in-chief from 2016 to 2019. He is considered to be one of the best networked political journalists in South Tyrol and as such was responsible for numerous Scoops .

Franceschini is the author of several television documentaries, including the six-part series Bomb Years - History of the South Tyrolean Attacks, completed in 2004 together with Helmut Lechthaler . In 2005 they received the Prof. Claus Gatterer Prize for their work, the broadcast of which was initially delayed by political interventions .

In addition to his work as a journalist, Franceschini was active in local politics in his home town Eppan in a citizens' list.

Movies

as director:

1996: Carry on what was good - Alexander Langer 1946 - 1995
1997: September 17th, 1957 - The day of Sigmundskron
2004: Bomb Years (six-part TV series)
2006: The 15th eight-thousander
2007: Spolpo - Music in the Mountains
2011: Spatzen auf See - The Kastelruther Spatzen phenomenon
2019: Herbert Pixner & The Italo Connection

Books

SELfservice. A South Tyrolean scandal . Edition Raetia , Bozen 2014, ISBN 978-88-7283-500-5 .
ATM. The loss of millions of the Südtiroler Sparkasse . Edition Raetia, Bozen 2015, ISBN 978-88-7283-553-1 .
Espionage among friends. Partner service relations and western education of the organization Gehlen and the BND . Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-86153-946-9 (with Thomas Wegener Friis and Erich Schmidt-Eenboom).

Individual evidence

↑ The discoverer. Interview with Christoph Franceschini by Matthias Mayr. barfuss.it, April 14, 2014, accessed on October 21, 2014 .
↑ ^a ^b RAI station Bozen received the Claus Gatterer Prize 2005 in Salzburg. Der Standard , December 28, 2005, accessed on July 16, 2011 .
^ Susanne Pitro: Daily newspaper: Final farewell to Franceschini? salto.bz, November 8, 2013, accessed April 28, 2014 .
^ Christoph Franceschini. 21st Bolzano Film Festival 2007, archived from the original on December 13, 2007 ; Retrieved July 16, 2011 .
^ Eppan local council: Christoph Franceschini and Armin Kager resign from office. Südtirol Online, March 4, 2011, archived from the original on March 7, 2011 ; Retrieved July 16, 2011 .

personal data
SURNAME	Franceschini, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian journalist (South Tyrol)
DATE OF BIRTH	December 22, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eppan

[1] The discoverer. Interview with Christoph Franceschini by Matthias Mayr. barfuss.it, April 14, 2014, accessed on October 21, 2014 .

[Standard-2] RAI station Bozen received the Claus Gatterer Prize 2005 in Salzburg. Der Standard , December 28, 2005, accessed on July 16, 2011 .

[3] Susanne Pitro: Daily newspaper: Final farewell to Franceschini? salto.bz, November 8, 2013, accessed April 28, 2014 .

[4] Christoph Franceschini. 21st Bolzano Film Festival 2007, archived from the original on December 13, 2007 ; Retrieved July 16, 2011 .

[5] Eppan local council: Christoph Franceschini and Armin Kager resign from office. Südtirol Online, March 4, 2011, archived from the original on March 7, 2011 ; Retrieved July 16, 2011 .