Journalism and the active use of transparency tools both at European and national level: lights and shadows

Abstract

Access to public information plays a key role in democracy. According to Unesco, «democratic participation depends on people who are well-informed, this being a pre-condition for their effective monitoring and assessment of their leaders’performance, as well as for their meaningful engagement in public debate and decision-making processes that impact their lives» 1 . The main purpose of this article is to describe the experience as an Italian journalist in the active use of the transparency tools both at European and national level.