Francesca Fialdini (born 11 October 1979) is an Italian television and radio host. After studying Communication Sciences at Sapienza University of Rome, she began her career in radio at Vatican Radio in 2004 and later moved into television, where she has presented news, cultural, talk and entertainment programmes on Rai channels and other broadcasters. Her work spans news reporting, literary culture, cinema commentary and social documentary-style programming.
Early career
Fialdini started out as a collaborator for the foreign editorial staff of Vatican Radio and became a news anchor there in 2004. From 2005 to 2013 she worked as a correspondent and anchorwoman for the news programme A sua immagine on Rai 1. She also led the cinema and TV series column Videozine on Fox between 2008 and 2012, showing an early focus on culture and media alongside her news work.
Television and radio hosting
From 2010 she presented the literary culture programme Cultbook on Rai 2 and co-hosted the Rai Radio 1 programme Un'estate fa. From October 2013 she co-hosted the morning show Unomattina on Rai 1, and she later hosted the Zecchino d'Oro children's music competition, La vita in diretta and Da noi... a ruota libera. She also hosted Fame d'amore on Rai 3, a series following young people with eating disorders and their care, and she published the novel Il sogno di un venditore di accendini in 2016.