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Federico Mastrogiovanni (Roma, Italia, 1979) es escritor, periodista, documentalista, traductor y académico.
Colabora con el periódico Milenio, la revista Dominga, la revista Rolling Stone.

Es autor del libro "Ayotzinapa y nuestras sombras. Mitologías de una desaparición forzada" (Grijalbo, 2024, libro finalista de las Distinciones Caniem 2024); "Aquí acaba la patria" (Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2021, libro finalista en el Premio Rodolfo Walsh de la Semana Negra de Gijón 2022); "El asesino que no seremos. Biografía melancólica de un pandillero" (Debate, 2017); "Ni vivos ni muertos, la desaparición forzada en México como estrategia de terror" (Grijalbo, 2014, libro ganador del Premio PEN 2015 y el Certamen Nacional e Internacional de Perio Federico Mastrogiovanni (Roma, Italia, 1979) es escritor, periodista, documentalista, traductor y académico.
Colabora con el periódico Milenio, la revista Dominga, la revista Rolling Stone.

Es autor del libro "Ayotzinapa y nuestras sombras. Mitologías de una desaparición forzada" (Grijalbo, 2024, libro finalista de las Distinciones Caniem 2024); "Aquí acaba la patria" (Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2021, libro finalista en el Premio Rodolfo Walsh de la Semana Negra de Gijón 2022); "El asesino que no seremos. Biografía melancólica de un pandillero" (Debate, 2017); "Ni vivos ni muertos, la desaparición forzada en México como estrategia de terror" (Grijalbo, 2014, libro ganador del Premio PEN 2015 y el Certamen Nacional e Internacional de Periodismo del Club de Periodistas 2015).
Es ganador del Premio Nacional de Periodismo 2020 en la categoría “entrevista/perfil” con el texto "David Pablos, detrás del Baile de los 41", publicado en la revista Gatopardo.
Desde 2003 es periodista freelance en Italia, América Latina y Estados Unidos. En su carrera periodística ha colaborado en diferentes diarios y revistas, entre los cuales, Gatopardo, GQ, Courrier Internationale, VICE News, Il Manifesto, Radio France Internacional, Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana, Radio Rai, Free Speech Radio News, Radio Onda d’Urto.
Ha sido corresponsal en México del periódico brasileño Opera Mundi de 2009 a 2015.
Es fundador del Premio Breach/Valdéz de periodismo y derechos humanos, y ha sido miembro del jurado del Premio Alemán de Periodismo Walter Reuter y del Premio Nacional de Periodismo.

Ha sido profesor de antropología del imaginario en la Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENAH).
Entre 2016 y 2022 fue académico titular de Periodismo en la Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México; fue Coordinador del Programa Prensa y Democracia de la misma universidad entre 2017 y 2021.
Es doctor en ciencias políticas por la Università di Pisa y doctor en comunicación por la Universidad Iberoamericana; maestro en ciencias políticas y sociales por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; licenciado en sociología y antropología cultural por la Università La Sapienza di Roma.
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	Ni vivos ni muertos: La desaparición forzada en México como estrategia de terror by Federico Mastrogiovanni (Goodreads Author), Jaime Avilés (Introducción) 4.36 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ayotzinapa y nuestras sombras / Ayotzinapa and Our Shadows 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El asesino que no seremos: Biografía melancólica de un pandillero 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aquí acaba la patria 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gastronauta en México / Gastronaut in Mexico 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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