Morgante Vincenzo

Vincenzo Morgante was born on October 1, 1963, in Palermo, is an Italian journalist and media executive. He is currently the Director of TV2000, a television network, and Radio InBlu. Morgante is married and has six children.

He graduated in Law from the University of Palermo and studied Social Sciences at the Pontifical Angelicum University. Morgante became a professional journalist in 1993 and worked as a correspondent for the newspapers “Il Sole 24 Ore” and “Avvenire.” He also founded and directed the periodical “Frontiere” together with Giuseppe Savagnone.

In 1997, Morgante joined RAI, the Italian public broadcaster, working initially in the Sicilian newsroom. He served as a political-parliamentary reporter, news anchor, and special correspondent. Notably, he conducted the only interview on RAI with Don Giuseppe Puglisi, the priest killed by the Mafia in Palermo in 1993, who was later beatified by the Church in 2013.

In September 2003, Morgante was appointed as the head of the Sicilian newsroom of RAI, following a proposal by the then-Director of the Regional News Department, Angela Buttiglione. During his tenure, RAI’s news coverage in Sicily received several awards, including the Mario Francese Prize for “high-quality reporting on Mafia-related events” and for the coverage of the 20th anniversary of the mafia bombings in 1992.

Morgante held this position for over ten years until his unanimous appointment as the Director of TGR (Regional News) by RAI’s Board of Directors in October 2013, under the presidency of Anna Maria Tarantola. He was reconfirmed unanimously in 2016 by the board presided over by Monica Maggioni. As the Director of TGR, Morgante was responsible for 24 newsrooms across Italy, with over 750 journalists and around 200 administrative staff. TGR is the largest radio and television news organization in Italy. Under Morgante’s leadership, TGR underwent a digitalization process in its 24 local newsrooms and launched regional websites for RAI.

In September 2013, Morgante was appointed as a member of the selection committee for the hiring of new RAI journalists, a committee chaired by former editor-in-chief of La Stampa and TG1, Marcello Sorgi. During his tenure at TGR, the news program received the “Biagio Agnes” Journalism Award in the television category in 2016. Morgante also chairs the jury of the international journalism award “Marco Lucchetta.”

Morgante has held various other positions, including being a member of the parity commission between RAI and the Italian Paralympic Committee, a member of the National Executive Board of the UCSI (Italian Catholic Press Union), and a lecturer in journalism and social doctrine at the University of Palermo and the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Sicily. He presides over the “Gigi Ghirotti” Foundation and has received numerous awards for his journalistic work.

On July 23, 2018, Morgante was appointed as the Network Director of TV2000 and Radio InBlu, succeeding Paolo Ruffini. He assumed the role starting from October 1 of the same year. In February 2019, he also took on the position of Director of the news departments of both broadcasters, replacing Lucio Brunelli.