Adriano Farano
Adriano Farano is Executive Manager, Editor, Cafebabel [1] which, in 2008, received the European Agenda Award of ‘Political journalist of the year’; after being nominated with Financial Times and Libération correspondents in Brussels.
He was a panellist at the Columbia University Journalism School in November on the topic of 'The new media landscape'. He also participated to an international research of the American University focusing the issue of 'Public media', or how do media enhance citizens’; participation. As a media we've been the object of many studies, thesis and researches as a new way of approaching citizens' participation to news.
[1] Cafebabel.com is the first pan-European magazine on the Internet based on a collaborative approach. Entirely translated in 6 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Polish, it is based on a vibrant community of 7700 people sharing the values of the first Erasmus generation and contributing with articles and translations.
Thanks to the fresh information rising from this grassroots level and to the skills of a professional full-time newsroom, we are able to publish everyday original contents, exclusive interviews and unique investigations that are read every month by more than 300,000 unique visitors. Cafebabel.com is very active in the field of reflection on media and the right of every individual to a free and accessible information.
