Alessandro Longo (journalist)

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Alessandro Longo
Born (1976-10-29) October 29, 1976 (age 48)
Occupation(s)Editor in chief, technology journalist, technical evangelist

Alessandro Longo (born 29 October 1976 in Taranto) is an Italian technology journalist and editor-in-chief of the Italian newspapers Agendadigitale.eu [1] and Cybersecurity360.

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He has been a regular contributor to La Repubblica (over one thousand articles published [2] ), L'espresso and Il Sole 24 Ore, since 2003.

He also wrote a scientific book on Artificial Intelligence in 2020 (second edition 2021) for Mondadori Education, the academic branch of one of the biggest Italian publishers. [3]

Around one hundred of his investigative features have been published on the first pages [4] of La Repubblica and Il Sole 24 Ore over the years.

As technical evangelist he has been hosted since 2002 in some very popular TV programs on Rai 1, [5] Rai 2 and Rai 3 and Striscia la Notizia (one of the most popular TV shows in Italy, with around 3-6 million viewers).

He is also a regular participant in the main Italian-Swiss radio station, Radiotelevisione svizzera (Radio 1). [6]

He wrote the first Italian book on Voice over IP technology in 2005.

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  2. "Archivio". Archivio - la Repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  3. "INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE". Mondadori Education (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-11-22.
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