Paolo Mieli

{{short description|Italian journalist (born 1949)}} {{Distinguish|Paolo Mei}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Paolo Mieli | image = Paolo Mieli - International Journalism Festival 2015.JPG | alt = | caption = Mieli in 2015 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|2|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Milan]], Italy | death_date =  | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | spouse = Francesca Socrate<br>Federica Alatri<br>Barbara Parodi Delfino | children = 3, including [[Lorenzo Mieli|Lorenzo]] | occupation = Journalist, writer }}

'''Paolo Mieli''' (born 25 February 1949) is an Italian journalist who has been editor of Italy's leading newspaper, ''[[Corriere della Sera]]''.<ref>Horowitz, Jason. [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/13/world/world-briefing-europe-italy-storm-over-new-broadcast-chief.html World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Storm Over New Broadcast Chief.] ''New York Times'', 13 March 2003. Retrieved 15 September 2010.</ref> Born in [[Milan]], Mieli debuted as journalist at 18 for ''[[L'Espresso]]'', where he remained for some 20 years. As a member of [[Potere Operaio]], he initially adhered to far-left positions. Later, he took a more moderate stance under the influence and tutelage of his teachers [[Rosario Romeo]] and [[Renzo De Felice]]. In 1971, he signed the [[open letter to L'Espresso on the Pinelli case]] against the police officer [[Luigi Calabresi]].

From the 1980s Mieli worked for the most important Italian newspapers. After one year and a half at ''[[La Repubblica]]'', he was hired by ''[[La Stampa]]'' in 1987. He became director in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Passarin|first=Sara Greta|date=25 January 2022|title=Chi è Paolo Mieli, giornalista politico e opinionista televisivo|url=https://www.true-news.it/facts/chi-e-paolo-mieli-giornalista-politico-e-opinionista-televisivo|access-date=2022-02-10|website=True News.|language=it-IT}}</ref> Two years later, he moved to ''Il Corriere della Sera'' during the [[Tangentopoli]] bribe scandal. In May 1997, he was replaced by [[Ferruccio De Bortoli]], assuming the position of editor-in-chief of [[RCS MediaGroup]], publisher of ''Corriere della Sera''. He continued his collaboration for that newspaper and returned as its director on 24 December 2004.<ref>Catholic News Agency. [https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/14037/director-of-italian-newspaper-joins-in-defense-of-pope-pius-xii Director of Italian newspaper joins in defense of Pope Pius XII.] 13 October 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2010.</ref>

Mieli served as a member of [[RAI TV]], Italy's state network, but turned down the opportunity to be Chair amid a 2003 controversy.<ref>BBC News. [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2846935.stm TV row strains Italian government.] 13 March 2003. Retrieved 15 September 2010.</ref> As of September 2020, he is a member of the Italian [[Aspen Institute]].<ref>[https://www.aspeninstitute.it/istituto/comunita-aspen/comitato-esecutivo executive Committee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009043826/https://www.aspeninstitute.it/istituto/comunita-aspen/comitato-esecutivo |date=9 October 2010 }}, aspeninstitute.it/</ref> On 8 and 9 April 2022, he took part as a speaker in the conference entitled "Science and Knowledge" and organized by the [[Grand Orient of Italy]] at the Palacongressi in [[Rimini]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lipotenusa.it/page/3/|date=3 March 2022|title=Science and knowledge: the title of the Grand Lodge to be held in Rimini on 8 and 9 April 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230301183420/https://lipotenusa.it/page/3/|archive-date=1 March 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Relationships with Freemasonry== On 24 November 2017, he gave a ''[[master class|lectio magistralis]]'' at the conference entitled ''The Night of History'' and organised in [[Rome]] by the [[Grand Lodge of Italy]] to mark the 300th anniversary of the founding of modern [[Freemasonry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.granloggiaditalia.eu/2017/11/18/paolo-mieli-racconta-la-massoneria-nella-storia-ditalia/|title=Paolo Mieli racconta la Massoneria nella storia d'Italia|website=[[Grand Lodge of Italy]]|language=it|date=November 24, 2017|access-date=November 1, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241101204328/https://www.granloggiaditalia.eu/2017/11/18/paolo-mieli-racconta-la-massoneria-nella-storia-ditalia/|archive-date=November 1, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

From 6 to 9 April 2018,<ref name="GOI_Rimini_09042018">{{cite web|url=https://www.grandeoriente.it/liberi-dal-pregiudizio-il-grande-oriente-cancella-la-parola-razza-dal-suo-statuto-paolo-mieli-oggi-un-giorno-importante-andrebbe-tolta-anche-dalla-costituzione-italiana/|title=Gran Loggia 2018. Il Goi cancella la parola razza dallo statuto. Paolo Mieli: "Va tolta anche dalla Costituzione Italiana"|trans-title=Grand Lodge 2018. The Goi deletes the word race from the statute. Paolo Mieli: 'It should also be removed from the Italian Constitution'|language=it|date=April 9, 2018|access-date=November 1, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241101210140/https://web.archive.org/web/20200928011932/https://www.grandeoriente.it/liberi-dal-pregiudizio-il-grande-oriente-cancella-la-parola-razza-dal-suo-statuto-paolo-mieli-oggi-un-giorno-importante-andrebbe-tolta-anche-dalla-costituzione-italiana/|archive-date=1 November 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> he was one of the speakers of the international meeting organized by the [[Grand Orient of Italy]] in [[Rimini]].<ref name="Cinquegrani_2018">{{cite web|first1=Andrea|last1=Cinquegrani|url=https://www.iskrae.eu/paolo-mieli-super-star-conteso-massoni-del-grande-oriente-della-gran-loggia/|language=it|access-date=November 1, 2024|title=Paolo Mieli superstar, conteso tra massoni del Grande Oriente e della Gran Loggia|date=March 31, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241101205852/https://web.archive.org/web/20180404164939/https://www.iskrae.eu/paolo-mieli-super-star-conteso-massoni-del-grande-oriente-della-gran-loggia/|archive-date=November 1, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> On 9 April 2018, GOI deleted the Italian word ''razza'' (which stands for [[Race (human categorization)|race]]) from its statutes, following a speech of Paolo Mieli, who also suggested removing it from the Italian Constitution.<ref name="GOI_Rimini_09042018" />

On 26 December 2017, he published in the ''[[Corriere della Sera]]'' an article entitled ''La Chiesa e lo spettro massonico. Troppo spesso sopravvalutato''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/cultura/17_dicembre_26/dalla-condanna-al-dialogo-chiesa-massoneria-a9ccbea8-ea71-11e7-9b28-00bf098db776.shtml|date=December 26, 2017|title=La Chiesa e lo spettro massonico. Troppo spesso sopravvalutato|author=Paolo Mieli|website=Corriere della Sera|access-date=November 1, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241101211257/https://web.archive.org/web/20180407024400/http://www.corriere.it/cultura/17_dicembre_26/dalla-condanna-al-dialogo-chiesa-massoneria-a9ccbea8-ea71-11e7-9b28-00bf098db776.shtml|archive-date=1 November 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grandeoriente.it/la-chiesa-lo-spettro-massonico-spesso-sopravvalutato-paolo-mieli-corriere-della-sera/|title=La Chiesa e lo spettro massonico. Troppo spesso sopravvalutato|website=[[Grand Orient of Italy]]|date=December 29, 2017|access-date=November 1, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241101211700/https://web.archive.org/web/20201020091914/https://www.grandeoriente.it/la-chiesa-lo-spettro-massonico-spesso-sopravvalutato-paolo-mieli-corriere-della-sera/|archive-date=1 November 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> (The Church and the Masonic spectre. Too often overestimated), which was "an extensive report on the Masonic world, emphasising its revolutionary spirit and stigmatising all the prejudices and 'exaggerations' that all too often surround it, almost always caused - it is argued - by historical and philosophical ignorance."<ref name="Cinquegrani_2018" />

==References==

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Twitter}} * {{in lang|it}} [http://www.corriere.it ''Corriere della Sera'' website]

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