Farewell to Carola Frediani, pioneer of digital journalism

Carola Frediani, a pioneer and authoritative voice of Italian technology journalism, founder of the blog Guerre di Rete (Network Wars) focused on cybersecurity and became a reference point for discussions on digital in Italia, has died at the age of 51.

A native of Genoa with a degree in literature, she began her career in the Ligurian capital in 2000 at Franco Carlini's Totem agency, one of the first Italian journalists to cover the Internet.

In 2010 she founded the EffeCinque agency and over the years she has written articles and contributions for major Italian newspapers including La Stampa, Il Corriere della Sera, Wired, Vice, L'Espresso dealing with social media, computer security, hacking, security and network law in an in-depth and authoritative manner. She was also part of the global security team of Amnesty International's secretariat and joined the cyber security department of Human Rights Watch, one of the best known human rights NGOs.

Frediani was also the author of books including Deep Web, #Cybercrime, Dentro Anonymous and L'inganno dell'automa published last September. There were many messages of condolence on the web and on social networks from friends, colleagues and experts in the sector. Also that of the Order and the Ligurian Journalists' Association, which express condolences 'to her husband Luca, her teenage son and her mother.