First female news host in Italian television. She presented "TG 1" from
1987 to 2004.
Resigned from her job at public TV network RAI because of the big media
influence of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, which she considered an
"unresolved conflict of interest" (April 2004).
Member of the European Parliament for the left-wing alliance "Ulivo"
since 2004.