Christiana Ruggeri, a journalist with Tg2, has died
She joined Rai’s second evening news programme in 2000 and had been editor-in-chief of the Science section since 2025
The journalist Christiana Ruggeri, editor-in-chief of Tg2, has died. Born in Rome, she was 57 years old. A graduate of La Sapienza University in Rome with a degree in Modern Literature, she had worked for various radio and television stations in Rome during the 1990s before joining TG2 in 2000.
Editor-in-chief of the Science desk at Tg2 since May 2025, she had also been a presenter on the news programme. She made her presenting debut in 2005 with the programme Tg2 Mistrà; for a further four seasons, she presented Tg2 Costume e Società and the weekend editions of Tg. For many years she had worked in the Tg2 Foreign Affairs department, where she had produced numerous reports.
A writer and essayist, she had published a biography of Ferdinand Porsche just last February. A great lover of photography, she had founded and chaired the non-profit organisation Il Rifugio delle Code Felici for twenty years, which is dedicated to combating the problem of stray animals. She was also vice-president of the non-profit organisation GreenAccord, an association of journalists working for the environment.
