THE CULMINATION ON MAY 14 WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE USSI AWARDS OF THE YEAR
Acireale will host a “two days” dedicated to sports journalism on May 13th and 14th with a conference, a professional refresher course and the delivery ceremony of the 64th edition of the “Awards of the Year” of the Sicilian group “F. Carli” of the Italian Sports Press Union, a specialization group of the Sicilian Press Association, chaired by Gaetano Rizzo.
It will begin on Monday 13 May, at 10am, in the main hall of the “Archimede” scientific high school (via Ludovico Ariosto n. 37) with the “Sport & youth” conference. Speakers will include journalists Marco Civoli, former RAI commentator, Maurizio Nicita, former report chief of “La Gazzetta dello Sport”, and Sergio Magazzù, deputy vice-president of Ussi Sicilia, as well as Marco Fichera, president of the organizing committee of the 2023 absolute world fencing championships in Milan and silver medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and Paralympic athletes Martino Florio and Raimondo Alecci; Gaetano Rizzo, president of Ussi Sicilia, will moderate.
In the afternoon, starting at 3.30 pm, in the press room of the Palazzo di Città (via Lancaster n. 13), the professional training course will be held on the topic “Sport and those who report on it in compliance with the consolidated text of the journalist’s duties ”, which will award 6 ethical credits. The event, organized by European Culture University (Ecu), aims to delve into the themes of sports narration, through the reports of journalists who over the years have curated services, commentary and reports on the major national and international competitive events with particular attention to what established by the consolidated text of the journalist’s duties. The speakers will be Roberto Gueli, co-director of Tgr Rai, president of the Order of Journalists of Sicily and national councilor of Ussi, Gianfranco Coppola, editor-in-chief of Rai Campania and national president of Ussi, Marco Civoli, Rai commentator of the matches of the Italian national team, world champion in 2006 in Germany, Maurizio Nicita, former editor of “La Gazzetta dello Sport, Marco Fichera, president of the organizing committee of the 2023 absolute world fencing championships in Milan and silver medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Sergio Magazzù, deputy vice-president of Ussi Sicily, and Gaetano Rizzo, president of Ussi Sicilia; Nino Randazzo, Ussi national councilor, will moderate.
The award ceremony for the USSI “Awards of the Year” will be held on Tuesday 14 May, starting at 10am, in the “Pinella Musmeci” room of Villa Belvedere (Piazza Indirizzo). The organization is managed by Francesco Panasci, artistic director, with the patronage of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the Municipality of Acireale, led by the mayor, Eng. Roberto Barbagallo.
The USSI “Awards of the Year” represent the celebration of Sicilian sport and are assigned through the reports of journalists registered with the regional specialization group of the Sicilian Press Association who have witnessed and reported the exploits of clubs, personalities, protagonists and referees of sporting events relating to the previous calendar year.
