Maria Cuffaro
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{{short description|Italian journalist}}
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Maria Cuffaro (born 18 August 1964 in Rome) is an Italian{{cite web|title=Perchè nasce questo blog|url=http://mediaitaliani.blogspot.it/2008/11/maria-cuffaro-il-giudizio-di-dellutri.html|publisher=mediaitaliani.blogspot.it|date=6 November 2008}} journalist and host of TG3.{{cite web|title=Maria Cuffaro: "Il giudizio di Dell'Utri nasconde una censura"|url=http://magazine.excite.it/maria-cuffaro-il-giudizio-di-dellutri-nasconde-una-censura-N30609.html|website=excite.it|date=November 2008}} She discovered a passion for journalism collaborating with il Manifesto, L'Espresso, Events and Chanel 4. She has been listed in the Register of Professional Journalists since 29 October 1992.{{cite web|title=MARIA CUFFARO|url=http://www.telegiornaliste.com/cuffaro.htm|publisher=telegiornaliste.com}}
Biography
Born to an Italian father from Sicily and Indian-Swiss mother,{{cite web|title=MARIA CUFFARO [giornalista-conduttrice TG3]|url=http://lettoedetto.wordpress.com/tag/maria-cuffaro/|publisher=lettoedetto.wordpress.com|date=20 September 2012}} from 15 to 22 years old she painted{{cite web|title=Maria cuffaro|url=http://www.namir.it/moretti/maria.htm|publisher=namir.it}} and tried to launch her career as a painter with two personal exhibitions:{{cite web|title=Maria Cuffaro|url=http://freeforumzone.leonardo.it/lofi/Maria-Cuffaro/D10489395.html|publisher=freeforumzone.leonardo.it|date=20 September 2005}} At 16 years old she held her first exhibition of drawings at the gallery "il Torchio" in Rome (1980). At 20 years old she held the second and final exhibition in Athens (1986). She worked for the art magazine Leader which, however, ceased publication after a few numbers. From 1985 to 1986 Cuffaro was a teacher of English at two elementary schools in Rome. She then worked with il Manifesto, for whom she was sent to India, Pakistan and South Africa.{{cite web|title=C'era una donna|url=http://www.umbrialibri.com/2011/?p=1255|publisher=umbrialibri.com|date=20 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720210601/http://www.umbrialibri.com/2011/?p=1255|archive-date=20 July 2013|url-status=dead}}
In 1986 she became a radio broadcaster{{cite web|title=International journalism festival|url=http://www.festivaldelgiornalismo.com/speaker/maria-cuffaro|publisher=festivaldelgiornalismo.com|year=2012}} at Italia Radio, and also writes for Sette, Il Venerdì di Repubblica, Annabella, Avvenimenti (for this newspaper she has also edited a book on immigration), Die Tageszeitung, Nordreihnishcer Rundfunk (German radio) and Nuova Ecologia.
In 1989 Cuffaro headed the program 'Il filo d'Arianna' on Rai 3,{{cite web|title=MARIA CUFFARO A VILLA BADOER|url=http://provincia.rovigo.it/web/provro/area-istituzionale/area-istituzionale-interna?p_p_id=ALFRESCO_MYPORTAL_CONTENT_PROXY_WAR_myportalportlet_INSTANCE_Yl0I&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&template=/regioneveneto/myportal/myportal-news-detail&uuid=992cf25f-3769-47b6-9d02-c5851c9b3773&lang=it&contentArea=_ProvRO_area-istituzionale-interna_Body1_|publisher=provincia.rovigo.it|date=4 February 2013}} which deals with inquiries from abroad. In the following year Sandro Curzi convinced her to join TG3. For a period she presented the program, and worked with Michele Santoro in broadcasting Il rosso e il nero,{{cite web|title=I compleanni di 7.682 personaggi famosi in un unico sito|url=http://wap.auguri.net/m/maria_cuffaro.php|publisher=wap.auguri.net}} Il raggio verde and Tempo reale (1996). An investigative journalist, she has been to war zones and has produced numerous reports from Asia, Africa and South America.
In 1997 she wrote a series of documentaries for RAI 2 called Special 24hrs. In 1999 she wrote numerous documentaries for transmission on 'C'era una volta' for RAI3. In 2000 she returned to work with Michele Santoro on the documentaries Sciuscià. She participated in the 2000 edition of the World Social Forum.{{cite web|title=MOLTA TIVÙ, POCA CULTURA MEZZI DI COMUNICAZIONE, NUOVE TECNOLOGIE E DIVARIO DIGITALE|url=http://www.worldsocialagenda.org/2000-2003/WSA/02%2000-2%20(TV%20Comunicazione).htm#Cuffaro|date=27 April 2000}}
Since June 2006 she has been a regular guest on the entertainment program Matinee on Rai2 and led by Max Giusti and Sabrina Nobile. In 2011, during a service of the TG3 in Tunis, she was attacked with her cameraman Claudio Rubino, but still managed to return to the hotel without serious injury.{{cite news|title=Sangue a Tunisi, aggredita la giornalista Maria Cuffaro del Tg3|url=http://notizie.virgilio.it/esteri/scontri-a-tunisi-aggredita-giornalista-maria-cuffaro-tg3_142814.html|date=12 January 2011|newspaper=notizie.virgilio.it|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115073640/http://notizie.virgilio.it/esteri/scontri-a-tunisi-aggredita-giornalista-maria-cuffaro-tg3_142814.html|archivedate=15 January 2011}}
In 2012, by now a journalist at TG3{{cite web|title=IL NUOVO LOOK DI MARIA CUFFARO DEL TG3: CASCHETTO E GIACCA DA BEATLES…|url=http://carotelevip.net/2013/01/29/il-nuovo-look-di-maria-cuffaro-del-tg3-caschetto-e-giacca-da-beatles/|publisher=carotelevip|date=29 January 2013}} she published her autobiography Kajal. Le vite degli altri e la mia,{{cite news|last=Fantasia|first=Giuseppe|title=Maria Cuffaro: dolori e gioie in un libro|url=http://www.dillinger.it/maria-cuffaro-dolori-e-gioiein-un-libro-67571.html#|date=26 October 2012|newspaper=Dillinger.it}} published by Imprimatur.{{cite book|last=Cuffaro|first=Maria|title=Kajal. Le vite degli altri e la mia|date=29 August 2012|publisher=Imprimatur|isbn=9788897949008|page=208}}
In 2013 she opened the twelfth edition of Sabato del Villaggio, in the elegant surroundings of the Theater Umberto di Lamezia Terme.{{cite web|title=Maria Cuffaro apre la 12^ edizione de "Il Sabato del Villaggio"|url=http://www.ondacalabra.it/web/2013/02/maria-cuffaro-apre-la-12-edizione-de-il-sabato-del-villaggio/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130702160909/http://www.ondacalabra.it/web/2013/02/maria-cuffaro-apre-la-12-edizione-de-il-sabato-del-villaggio/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 July 2013|publisher=ondacalabria.it|date=13 February 2013}}
Currently she is the host of TG3 Rai.{{cite news|title=Cuffaro: io continuerò a vestirmi di nero|url=http://www.corriere.it/politica/08_novembre_05/cuffaro_continuero_vestirmi_nero_5fcc05b6-aaf2-11dd-8f4b-00144f02aabc.shtml|date=6 November 2008|newspaper=corrieresdellasera.it}}
Awards
- In 2005 she won the XI Edition of the award "Ilaria Alpi" for her report "Under the Bombs in Nasiriyah" concerning the siege of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Nasiriyah.{{cite web|title=I Vincitori dell 'XI Edizione del premio "Ilaria Alpi "|url=http://www.ilariaalpi.it/premio/ita/istituzionali/comunicati/3-06-2005.html|publisher=ilariaalpi.it|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814212814/http://www.ilariaalpi.it/premio/ita/istituzionali/comunicati/3-06-2005.html|archivedate=14 August 2007}}
- In 2007 she won the journalism award 'Maria Grazia Cutuli'{{cite news|title=Il Premio Cutuli 2011, settima edizione|url=http://www.corriere.it/cronache/10_giugno_04/premio-cutuli-2010-sesta-edizione_66e1a214-6fba-11df-b547-00144f02aabe.shtml|date=7 June 2011|newspaper=Il corriere della Sera}} for the report from Nasiriyah with the Russian journalist Yulia Latynina.{{cite web|title=Liceo Scientifico 'Marie Curie' Meda|url=http://www.123people.it/ext/frm?ti=ricerca%20di%20persone&search_term=maria%20cuffaro&search_country=IT&st=ricerca%20di%20persone&target_url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5saWNlb21lZGEuaXQvbmV3L2RvY3VtZW50aS8wNzA4L21hdGVyaWFsaV9vcGVuZGF5MDcvbGFiX2l0YWxpYW5vLnBkZg%3D%3D§ion=document&wrt_id=352|date=24 November 2007}}
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Category:Italian people of Indian descent
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