Attilio Romita (born 1 August 1953) is an Italian journalist. Born in

Bari Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and ...

, Romita started his career as a journalist in a local radio, then in a small TV channel; in 1990 he became a

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journalist in Rome. During the 90s, he became a news speaker of

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and, in 2003, of

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. In 2022 he appeared on ''

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''.

Private life

Married to Angela, he has a daughter, Alessia. His marriage ended in 2008. He considers himself Roman Catholic.

References

1952 births Living people People from Bari Italian journalists Italian male journalists Italian television presenters Italian Roman Catholics {{Italy-journalist-stub