Ranucci chooses RaiNews: decision communicated to Rai

It has reportedly fallen to the deputy management of RaiNews, the decision regarding Sigfrido Ranucci, who was due to decide by today on one of the posts proposed by Rai following his removal as presenter of Report, which included Tg3 and a post at a foreign correspondent’s bureau (Cairo had been mentioned).

The journalist had lodged urgent appeal requesting his reinstatement as presenter of Report, but the Rome Labour Court had rejected his application, arguing that Rai had decided to remove him in order to resolve the internal tensions arising from the media furore surrounding the investigation into the attack.

The appeal will, however, proceed on the merits. The former presenter of *Report* has also lodged an appeal against the ten-day suspension imposed on him following an investigation into his conduct, which the RAI Ethics Committee deemed to be in breach of company rules. Ranucci, who in February 2022 had been assigned to the In-depth Reporting Department as an ‘ad personam’ deputy director, will return to the editorial team where he had worked from 1999 to 2006, having been appointed special correspondent in 2001.

“Following my dismissal from *Report*, Rai presented me with a choice: the Cairo bureau as a correspondent, *Tg3* at the editor’s disposal, or *Rainews24* with responsibility for in-depth reporting. I would like to thank the editor Luca Terzulli and my colleagues at Tg3 for opening the doors to me – at such a difficult time in my professional life – to the news organisation where, thirty-six years ago, I took my first steps: first as a programme assistant, then as a journalist. ‘After some agonising days, I have chosen to return to Rainews, the port from which I set sail before arriving at Report,’ writes Ranucci in an Instagram post.