Filippo Ortona
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Filippo Ortona’s Biography
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I'm an Italian video journalist (although I've also had radio and print spells) based in France, and I cover all sorts of topics, but mostly international news and financial investigations. I've been working lately on police violence in France.
I've worked for some major outlets like L'Espresso, Canal+, France2, L'Obs, Libération, MSNBC... Following a spell as foreign correspondent for Libération in Hong Kong (covering the…
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Awards
See all 5 awards →DiG Awards (finalist)
2020 - International news
Finalist in the "reportage - medium length" category, for the documentary "Hong Kong: If We Burn, You'll Burn With Us", produced by Le Média in 2019.
DiG Awards (finalist)
2016 - Investigative journalism
Finalist for the pitch session, for an investigative work about banking foundations in Italy.
DiG Awards (finalist)
2015 - Investigative journalism
DiG (Documentari, Inchieste, Giornalismo) is one of the main events in investigative journalism in Europe. Held in Italy every year since 2014, it rewards outstanding documentaries in investigative journalism and international reportages. DiG also holds a pitch session (at the time focused on Italy, called "Focus on Italy") for investigative works currently in production. In 2015, I was honoured to be selected among the finalists of the competition, for an investigative documentary about the Ustica tragedy, produced by Canal+.
Human Rights Press Award
2014 - International news
Awarded by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Hong Kong and Amnesty International Hong Kong, for the documentary « And then Hell broke loose, » broadcast by MSNBC.