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Cecilia Sala (born 1995) is an Italian journalist, specialized in political and war journalism, both as author and war correspondent.

Biography

Sala was born on 26 July 1995 in Rome.

In 2015, she started working as correspondent and reporter for Vice, then as a professional journalist for La7 TV program Servizio pubblico [it] in 2016. She later wrote for L'Espresso and Vanity Fair, among others, and she also worked for RAI, Fremantle Media and La7 TV program Otto e mezzo [it].

Since 2019, Sala works for Il Foglio; she's also author for the Huffington Post, Mondadori, and the podcast company Chora Media.

Working for Il Foglio, she has been foreign correspondent reporting from Venezuela and Chile, among others, as well as war correspondent from Afghanistan (2021 Taliban offensive) and Ukraine (Russo-Ukrainian War). She also reported from Iran, both before and during the 2024 Iran–Israel conflict.

On 19 December 2024, while being in Iran on journalist visa, she was arrested in Tehran and put in solitary confinement in Evin Prison. This became known only on 27 December. Finally on December 30, 2024 Iran confirmed that they have arrested her.

References

1. ^ "Cecilia Sala in redazione al 'Foglio'". Prima Online (in Italian). 1 April 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
2. ^ "Un giornalismo in movimento, tra reportage all'estero e Polvere – con Cecilia Sala (S02 E05)". Giornalisti al Microfono (in Italian). 3 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
3. "Cecilia Sala". Giffoni Experience.
4. ^ "Chi è Cecilia Sala, genitori, compagno, anni, carriera e libri della giornalista arrestata in Iran mentre girava il podcast Stories". Il Giornale d'Italia (in Italian). 27 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
5. Tondo, Lorenzo (27 December 2024). "Italian journalist arrested and held in solitary confinement in Iran". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
6. "Iran confirms arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala". Al Arabiya English. 30 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.

• Italian war correspondents
• Italian women journalists
• Journalists from Rome
• Living people
• 1995 births
• Foreign nationals imprisoned in Iran