Stefano Valentino is a Brussels-based freelance investigative journalist.

He is a specialist of EU affairs and globalisation, mostly in areas related to the environment. His mission is exposing the connections between ecological sustainability, corporate lobbying and resource conflicts.
He has a track record of international investigative projects funded by grant-making organizations. His work has appeared in leading media outlets in different countries, such as the Guardian, the Christian Science Monitor, EU Observer, La Repubblica, Liberation, Der Spiegel, El Diario, NRC Handelsblad.

Stefano Valentino

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Name
Stefano Valentino
Title
Investigative journalist
Expertise
Environment, sustainability
Country
Belgium
City
Brussel

Supported projects

Twenty years of SARS

  • Healthcare
  • Environment
  • Science

BRUSSELS - Twenty years ago, the first SARS outbreak sounded the alarm. But Europe failed to prepare for the Covid-19 pandemic due to a lack of funding for drug research, and may still be unprepared for the next one, argue several prominent scientists interviewed by Stefano Valentino and Gian Paolo Accardo.

Particulate matter, big profit

  • Industry
  • Environment

GHENT - In the region of the port of Ghent, the emission of CO2 and harmful particulate matter is related to the failure of European and international climate standards.