Gerardo Greco (born January 13, 1966) is an

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Biography

Gerardo Greco graduated from LUISS Guido Carli university in

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. He then went on to study at the school of Radio and Television Journalism in

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. He debuted in the 1990s as a news reporter following breaking news and Italian affairs. His work at this time is most characterized by the

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scandal, a large-scale criminal investigation in the early 1990s against widespread corruption and bribery in Italian administrative, political, and business circles. In 2001, he became the first North American correspondent for

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in New York, and shortly afterward for the

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network. He assisted in covering the developing stories regarding the

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. He has reported many notable breaking news stories in North America to Italy including that of the Bush presidency, the natural disaster incurred by

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and the

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from

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to his brother

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References

* http://www.laprimaweb.it/2009/07/30/gerardo-greco-presenta-good-morning-america-senigallia-an-31-luglio-2009/

Publications

* Gerardo Greco "Good Morning AMERICA - Un viaggio sulle tracce del nuovo sogno americano", 2009, Sperling & Kupfer. * Alessandra D'Asaro, Filippo Nanni, Gerardo Greco, “Sopravvivere al G8, la sfida dei ribelli al mercato mondiale", 2001,

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Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greco, Gerardo 1966 births 20th-century Italian journalists Italian male journalists Living people Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli alumni 21st-century Italian journalists 20th-century Italian male writers