Paolo is the Founder and Director of the European Association for Viewers Interests, EAVI – the international organisation based in Brussels that has been working on media literacy and citizenship at a European level for longer than any other organisation active today. Over the last 25 years, Paolo has accumulated considerable international experience in media, working for long periods in London, Milan, and Brussels. He is an economist from Pisa University with a sound knowledge of European affairs. He follows high-level fora such as the Steering Committee on Media and Information Society at the Council of Europe and various European Commission Expert Groups. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the European Audiovisual Observatory in Strasbourg and other international forums and organisations like the UNESCO MIL Alliance.

Paolo has authored books, articles, audiovisual productions, policy papers, and four different European-wide research studies covering 27 countries on media literacy and citizens-related issues. He previously worked for both private and public broadcasters, including advising the BBC and RAI. He has also worked for television advertising agencies and collaborated with other public bodies.

Paolo enjoys conducting conversations with international guests, and also offers public speaking and presentations on media literacy and disinformation-related issues. He has been invited to speak in four different languages in more than 20 different countries at more than 100 international conferences across and beyond Europe. He has also directed many different European projects and organised workshops and training about the role of media in people’s lives. He remains animated by the numerous challenges posed by emerging media forms, and he is interested in the role of media, technologies, artificial intelligence, disinformation, and digital citizenship in shaping our societies.