Report returns to Rai 3 on Sunday, 8 November with new hosts after Ranucci's exit

A new pair takes over the programme

Claudia Di Pasquale and Daniele Piervincenzi presented the new season of Report, which starts on Rai 3 on Sunday, 8 November at 20.30. Di Pasquale has worked on the programme for 15 years and said she never imagined she would host it. Piervincenzi comes from outside the team, and the two were chosen after Rai decided to take Sigfrido Ranucci off the programme. The show turns 30 this year, and the hosts used the press conference to stress their independence. Di Pasquale became emotional while speaking about the summer.

“We went through a horrible summer, and we were under attack every day.”

Ranucci's exit and the Spotlight move

AGI reports that Rai took disciplinary measures and removed Ranucci after a summer dominated by the Lavitola affair. Ranucci now works at RaiNews on Spotlight, whose first episode aired on 2 November. Il Giornale reports that he promoted that episode on Facebook on the day of the press conference. Asked by Adnkronos about the hosts' request for good wishes, Ranucci said he wished the Spotlight team well, describing them as 'spitting blood' with fewer resources. He also thanked the new Rai director, Federico Zurzolo. Piervincenzi said the two hosts had not spoken to Ranucci and expected him to wish them luck, and he referred to 'unseemly statements' made after his appointment was announced.

The opening investigation

The first episode is an investigation into Valter Lavitola, the former director of the Avanti newspaper. It centres on the Vittoria shipyards and an alleged attempt to mislead investigators about the motive for the attack on Ranucci. The hosts said they will not examine the relationship between Lavitola and Ranucci for now and will return to it when there are developments. Di Pasquale said the team had not known of the friendship between the two men and felt it had never been conditioned by Lavitola. Piervincenzi also listed other items for the episode, including influencers close to 'a certain right', microplastics in food and alleged white truffles.

Editorial checks and the red team

Piervincenzi said political investigations will continue and may increase as an election campaign approaches.

“We will deal with politics as in the past, if not more.”

A red team of three journalists will check the work before, during and after each report is broadcast. Paolo Corsini, director of Approfondimento, said he will not hold preventive meetings and will carry out the final check, while the red team performs a preliminary review. He said there would be no radical change from the past and noted that his department oversees 53 programmes. He hopes the process will be somewhat less strained than before.

Key dates

The sequence of events runs from the first Spotlight episode on 2 November, through the press conference on 5 November, to the Report debut on Sunday, 8 November at 20.30 on Rai 3.