Pablo Piacentini

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Pablo Piacentini (died 2017) was an Argentinian political scientist, journalist and activist. In 1964 he cofounded the Inter Press Service (IPS) with the Italian journalist Roberto Savio. [1]

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Life

Born in Buenos Aires, [2] Piacentini was a student in Rome when he and Savio founded the Roman Press Service together in 1961. [3] The Inter Press Service grew out of the Roman Press Service in 1964. Piacentini served the IPS in various capacities: as Editorial Director, Chief Editor, Director of the Economics Service and head of the IPS Columnist Service. [2] [4]

In 1974 Piacentini founded Tercer Mundo, an intellectual left-wing Argentinian monthly. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ K. M. Shrivastava (2007). News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 250. ISBN   978-1-932705-67-6.
  2. 1 2 Pablo Piacentini
  3. ↑ Roberto Savio, Pablo Piacentini has left us, Other News, March 2, 2017.
  4. ↑ Thalif Deen, Pablo Piacentini: a Visionary Far Ahead of his Time, Inter Press Service, June 15, 2019.
  5. ↑ Andrew Graham-Yooll (1979). The Press in Argentina, 1973-1978. Writers and Scholars Educational Trust. ISBN   978-0-904286-10-6.


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