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Growing between the lines
The Borgo La Bagnaia, at the gates of Siena, in Tuscany has uninterruptedly hosted our congress "Growing between the Lines" ("Crescere tra le righe"). The Convegno is organized and promoted by the Osservatorio Permanente Giovani-Editori and brings both young men and women from our high schools together with representatives of the publishing world and other Italian institutions to confront one another in a civil debate of issues and ideas.
In the same panorama of our national communications, "Growing between the Lines" represents a unique opportunity. In those two days we are able to bring to the same table exponents from both print and media news to interact with those who read and watch. It's one time when those who write and those who speak are able to meet those who read and listen all in the presence of representatives of the major national institutions in order to assess the situation that characterizes the relationship between youth and the tools of information. How well do the information organizations carry out their mandate to truly inform and educate the younger generations of Italy. It's one occasion when a spirit of honest, critical scrutiny and evaluation can lead to the strengthening of our democratic ideals and to the consolidation of our determination to civic dialogue.
These are two days of intensive work, an opportunity to reflect together and to come full circle: meetings, round table discussions and debates moderated by some of the major Italian journalists and with the participation of their editors and publishers in the presence of their international counterparts. Add to them a significant representation of the more than 1.7 million students who take part in our project "Il Quotidiano in Classe".
Among the many guests who have participated in our Congress in the course of the years, there are the former Spokesperson for the Pope, Joaquin Navarro Valls, Senator and Former Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, the Vice President of the European Commission Franco Frattini, the Editor of the The Times Robert Thomson, the Editor of El Mundo Pedro J. Ramirez, the former Editor of Frankfurter Allgemeine Gunther Nonnenmacher, along with political leaders such as Mayor of Rome Walter Veltroni and former Vice Premier Giulio Tremonti along with many other national and international figures such as Lachlan Murdoch (who at the time was the Publisher of New York Post), Peter Kann (then President of The Wall Street Journal), Richard Parsons (President and CEO of Time Warner), John P. Puerner (then President of the Los Angeles Times), Craig Moon (President of USA Today) and Tom Curley (President of the Associated Press).
