Megan Iacobini de Fazio

Megan Iacobini de Fazio is a freelance journalist from Rome, Italy. She has reported extensively from East Africa, and her writing on culture, women's rights, politics and music has appeared in Al Jazeera English, Thomson Reuters Foundation, The Daily Beast, El Pais, Bandcamp and others.

Living under lockdown in the Eternal City

March 13, 2020COVID-19

A freelance journalist in Italy reflects on the country’s lockdown in light of the novel coronavirus.

A man and a boy play badminton in front of ruins in a park

As Italy’s students rejoice over school closures, families worry about economic toll

March 6, 2020COVID-19

Young man crawls through fence with bicycle

Italy’s mafia gets richer as ‘security decree’ strips migrant rights

June 18, 2019Business, Economics and Jobs

A young African man wearing a purple and white jacket stands and looks to the left.

After ‘Salvini decree’ evictions, refugees in Italy face an uncertain future

January 31, 2019Immigration

Italian cities ‘turn back the clock’ on women’s reproductive rights

October 12, 2018