Journalist Steps Down from Rai Investigative Show Leadership Bid

Journalist nominated as one of Ranucci's replacements renounces post

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 3 - Giulia Presutti, one of two journalists nominated to replace Sigfrido Ranucci at the helm of Rai's premier investigative journalism show Report, has announced she is renouncing the position for the good of the show. The State broadcaster said last week that it was replacing Ranucci due to his friendship with a controversial businessman who organized a bomb attack on the journalist's home last year. It said it had offered him alternative roles. Ranucci, 65, has said he i...

By ANSA