Alberto Castelvecchi (born 12 April 1962 in

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, and Professor of Effective Communication and Public Speaking at Luiss Guido Carli University of Rome. Castelvecchi was born in Rome, the third of four brothers. He grew up in

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, where his family moved in 1967. In the late 1970s he moved back to Rome, where he studied

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and

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University. He subsequently worked at

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, where he presented cultural programs for Rai Radio Tre and Rai Radio Due, ("Orione" and "Terza Pagina"). He also worked as a journalist, contributing to ''

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'' on the subject of communication.Alberto Castelvecchi
/ref> In 1984 he studied Italian Dialectology, Phonology and Dialetto_romanesco, taking deep dives into films such as "Ragazzi di vita" by

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to "Amore tossico" by

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and slang graffiti on walls. In 1987 he co-authored with

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a descriptive grammars of the Italian language, ''Italiano. Grammatica, sintassi, dubbi''.Grammatica
/ref> In 1993 he founded the publishing house Castelvecchi, with Alessandra Gambetti and Antonella Fabbrini. Castelvecchi's mission was to give a voice to emerging authors. They have published Aldo Nove and Isabella Santacroce, as well as

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. In 1996 he started to work as a consultant for Omnitel pronto italia and

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. In 2007 he studied the system of new technologies and web communication, becoming chief of cultural chapter of ilcannocchiale.it and founding the website "Mag". In 2022 he worked as Advisor to the President of the Senate on Institutional Relations. He is a Member of the Scientific Committee a
Fondazione Leonardo
Alberto Castelvecchi has been also a member of veDrò, a think tank focused on cultural innovation and evolution of politics.

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