Gianni Riotta (born 12 January 1954 in Palermo, Italy)[1] is an Italian journalist, a regular contributor for the daily newspaper La Stampa and a former editor-in-chief of the financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, Rai 3 and the news bulletin TG1.[2] He has contributed to the Washington Post, Le Monde, Foreign Policy,[1] and the New York Times.[2] Riotta also has U.S. citizenship.
Riotta sits on the Advisory Council of the Department of French and Italian at Princeton University.[3] He also collaborates with IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca.
He received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2013. Riotta is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.