Career at Tg2

Christiana Ruggeri, a journalist at Rai's Tg2 newscast, has died at the age of 57, according to reports published on 18 October 2026. She was born in Rome on 28 January 1969 and studied modern literature at the Sapienza University of Rome. In the 1990s she worked for radio and television broadcasters in the capital and for print titles, before joining Tg2 in 2000.

Foreign reporting and presenting

For many years she worked on the foreign affairs desk, where she produced numerous reports from abroad. Her assignments took her to Africa, Asia and Central America, and the sources name Haiti, Sierra Leone, Mali, Tibet and the Democratic Republic of the Congo among the places she covered. Her reporting often addressed human rights, the condition of women and children, and the effects of political and social crises on local populations. She made her debut as a presenter in 2005 with the segment Tg2 Mistrà, then presented Tg2 Costume e Società for four seasons and several weekend editions of the newscast.

Science desk, books and animal welfare

In May 2025 she became chief editor of the Science desk, a role that combined her interest in science communication with environmental topics. In February 2026 she published a biography of Ferdinand Porsche, and she had also written essays. Outside journalism she was a keen photographer, and for twenty years she founded and presided over the onlus Il Rifugio delle Code Felici, which works against the stray animal problem. She was also vice president of Greenaccord, an association of journalists working on environmental issues. Her most recent Tg2 Dossier episode covered Friuli Venezia Giulia on the 50th anniversary of the earthquake that struck the region.

Reactions

Unirai Figec, the union, expressed closeness to her family and especially to her daughter. In its note the union said:

“We remember her great passion for social causes, her intense love for animals and her strong bond with Friuli Venezia Giulia.”

The union said it shared the grief of the Tg2 newsroom over the loss of a colleague it described as having a deep human sensitivity.