Italian public broadcaster Rai has designated investigative journalist Claudia Di Pasquale to co-host its flagship current-affairs program Report alongside Daniele Piervincenzi. Paolo Corsini, the director of Rai In-Depth (Approfondimento), announced the appointment on September 3 following internal discussions at the network's Via Teulada offices in Rome. The decision followed the formal withdrawal of reporter Giulia Presutti, who submitted her resignation from the hosting role via email earlier in the day. Corsini confirmed that the management intends to air the upcoming season on November 8, 2026, maintaining a dual-anchor format to succeed longtime host Sigfrido Ranucci.

“Di Pasquale is an internal colleague on the Report team with extensive experience. Best of luck to her, Daniele Piervincenzi, and the entire Report team for the challenge ahead.”

Newsroom reaction and editorial dispute

The appointment resolved days of internal opposition from the Report editorial team regarding editorial independence and managerial oversight. Senior investigative correspondents Bernardo Iovene and Giulio Valesini had rejected offers to become chief authors in protest over the initial host lineup. Staff members had warned of potential mass resignations if management confirmed the original roster without newsroom agreement. Corsini met directly with the journalists in a ninety-minute assembly from which both Presutti and Piervincenzi were excluded. Reporters told waiting journalists outside the building that a corporate determination would arrive within 12 to 24 hours. Editorial staff greeted the announcement of Di Pasquale with applause and cheers across the Via Teulada newsroom.

Executive mandate and anchor changes

Before confirming Di Pasquale, Corsini addressed the media during the seasonal presentation of Ore 14 hosted by Salvo Sottile. Corsini defended his prerogative to appoint on-air talent while confirming Piervincenzi would remain in the co-anchor position.

“The director chooses the hosts, I am paid for this.”

Corsini stated that he understood Presutti's personal decision to step aside to protect the investigative broadcast from damaging disputes. Other names had circulated in media reports, including correspondent Giulia Innocenzi, who faced public criticism from the Unirai union over professional registry credentials. The reshuffle occurred alongside other Rai programming changes, including Milo Infante leaving Ore 14 for commercial network Mediaset and Federica Sciarelli stepping back from Chi l'ha visto.

Career and investigative reporting record

Di Pasquale began her journalism career in 2000 writing for various newspapers and periodicals before winning the Mario Formenton journalism scholarship in 2006. She worked as an investigative reporter on La7's program Exit between 2007 and 2011, earning a finalist selection at the 2009 Ilaria Alpi awards for reporting on Sicilian regional elections. Di Pasquale joined Report in 2011, producing investigations under founder Milena Gabanelli and subsequent editorial teams. She received the Premiolino in 2019 for an investigation into San Marino and the SIS 118 emergency journalism award in 2020 for healthcare reporting. Her past investigations examined financial costs for the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, the sale of Rome's Carlo Forlanini hospital to the Vatican, European supply chains for AstraZeneca vaccines, and medical errors surrounding a frozen pediatric heart transplant.