Stracca Award 2023, the winners and emotions in the name of Roberto-Corriere.it

happy, eyes shining, thoughts crowding her head. Mother Maria Pia’s gaze is sometimes lost in the images on the front pages hanging on the walls of the historic Sala Albertini, the heart of the Corriere della Sera. arrived from Rome to be present at the delivery of the award dedicated to her Roberto di lei, chronicler of the Courier passed away in 2010, aged only 40. He always wants to be there, despite the lump that comes back when he enters via Solferino, thinking about how many things Roberto still had to experience and tell. She is the soul of the Roberto Stracca Award, the recognition that goes to the young journalists of the Master of the Walter Tobagi school: Stracca Award to Sara Tirrito and Matteo Pedrazzoli, the Lega Pro Award to Matteo Cianflone.

It is not important how long we lived, but how we did it: thus, quoting Seneca, the deputy director of the Courier
Venanzio Postiglione remembers Stracca and brings the greetings of the publisher Urbano Cairo and the director Luciano Fontana to Mrs. Maria Pia. I have found a family that has Roberto in their heart. A strong bond that resists, the words of Matteo Marani, president of Lega Pro who, together with Courier, organizes the prize: We want to carry on this tradition, the president reiterates. His right arm Gianfranco Zola, the former champion since February vice president of Lega Pro: It’s nice to reward young people. They have an important task: to give news, to inspire the reader. I am convinced that they will become great journalists.

Magic Box excited, jokes with Mrs. Maria Pia (I’m careful how I speak, I have a 91-year-old mother who always films me), smiles at the boys. Passion and professionalism are the main characteristics of this award and of Roberto, the intervention of the president of the FIGC, Gabriel Gravina. An opportunity for talented young people. I do all this to keep my son alive – explains Mrs. Maria Pia -, I keep his memory alive, I suffer a little. But rightly so, this award must continue for a long time to come. See you next year.