A motivation not of circumstance, but which captures the essence of the person and the journalist. The words with which Elisa Chiari, our esteemed colleague, receives the first edition of the prize named after Gian Paolo Ormezzano describe his writing, his skill, his sensitivity. Reserved and shy, but also ironic and always ready for comparison and deepening, Elisa has the rare gift of being able to dig in the facts and stories by bringing back to the surface, with her brilliant pen, the essentials distilling words that come to the mind. And to the heart.
The jury, of which Timothy Ormezzano, son of the journalist also part, has awarded her unanimously award “for having dedicated herself to journalistic work with great generosity, without ever sparing itself, just like ‘GPO'”, reads the press release. «For its ease of writing, often acrobatic and poetic, which is inspired by that of its master as well as his” neighbor “for many years on the pages of Famiglia Cristiana. For having divided his professional growth and a lot of work with GPO, from the Turin Games 2006 onwards. For love shared with GPO for the Olympics, but also a certain embarrassment for a certain football. For having loved him as a daughter acquired for not only journalistic, but above all human merits. For the common friendship with Don Luigi Ciotti, a fellow citizen of GPO and a fundamental figure in his life. But above all … “why yes”, as GPO itself would cut very short, which deeply estimated Elisa as a person before even as a colleague “.
The recognition dedicated to the memory of Paolo Ormezzano, historical envoy of “La Stampa”, director of Tuttosport and one of the great signatures of our newspaper, who passed away on 26 December 2024, enriches the day, on February 24, in which it is expected the awarding of the Bearzot prize. The latter was assigned to the Atalanta technician, Gian Piero Gasperini.
