Yesterday, at the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò of New York University, the presentation of “School of Record”, the special issue of the New York City entirely conceived and realized by the students of La Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi.
For over a month, the newspaper has left room for students, transforming editorial work into an experience with a strong educational impact. The boys worked as a real editorial team, including editorial meetings, selection of themes, assignment of articles, interviews and review of the contents, until the end of the issue.
The event opened with the greetings of Stefano Albertini, director of the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, who stressed the value of initiatives capable of bringing into dialogue school, university and Italian community in the United States. The institutional greetings of the Consul General of Italy in New York, Giuseppe Pastorelli, and Silvana Mangione, Deputy Secretary General of the CGIE are followed.
In the Italian journalistic landscape here in New York, that of New York is a dynamic reality, attentive to the quality of information and present in the community. I found someone from the New Yorker wherever I went and that means there is passion, desire to go looking for news. New York has built its reputation over time and is a card of this great collectivity.
He said Consul Pastorelli.
To moderate the meeting was Davide Ippolito, founder of the New York City, who told the genesis of the project explaining how the idea was to “take a sidestep” and let the boys tell their generation and the relationship with the Italian identity in New York.
During the meeting, Anthony Martire, Head of School of Italy, Cristiana Mancini, Head of Foreign Service of SkyTg24, and Bilena Settepani, entrepreneur and pastry chef of “Settepani Bakery”, former student of the institute.
Ample space was given to students, who told the work behind the scenes of the special issue: from the preparation of interviews with personalities of journalism and institutions, to the division of editorial tasks, to the choice of themes. Among the interviews published in the number include the interview with journalist Federico Rampini, On. Christian Di Sanzo, and several protagonists of the Italian-American community.
During the evening numerous students involved in the editorial project, including representatives of middle school and high school classes, who told the work process and asked questions to the present guests.
During the meeting was also presented the editorial and educational proposal of the Italian School Guglielmo Marconi, the only school in New York to offer at the same time the double Italian diploma and the International Baccalaureate, with a bilingual and bicultural path that prepares students for access to major universities in the United States and Europe.
One of the most popular moments of the evening was the announcement of the winning mascot created by students, revealed by the Consul General, who also lent himself to be interviewed by two high school students.
The final part of the meeting saw the participations of the students involved in the Future Leaders Program and in the interview with the alumnus Mattia Scarpa, today a student of the Bocconi University. The evening was closed by Prof. Cristiana Grassi, coordinator of the project, who stressed the educational value of the initiative and the work done together with the teachers of the school. During the final greetings was also presented by Chiara Basso the new educational project dedicated to extracurricular activities, with the launch of initiatives “Casa dei Piccoli” and “Casa dei Ragazzi”.
“School of Record” represents the meeting point between school education and cultural production, offering students the opportunity to confront journalistic work and the dynamics of international communication.
The special issue tells the identity, aspirations and paths of a generation that grows between two educational systems and two cultures, Italian and American, and which finds in New York one of its most natural synthesis sites.
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