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Manuela Donghi, a professional journalist, has a degree in modern Italian language degrees, has worked for major TV broadcasters such as Odeon Tv, Mediolanum Channel and Class TV to run TG, news, news and politics programs and hosts programs such as On Tuesday, on La7. Currently it is the Voice of Bread, political talk broadcast on Radio Lombardia and on Intelligo Tv, channel 294 of digital terrestrial. Published in 2016 with Ladolfi Publisher the novel Seen with your eyes, a journey into the parallel world of Alzheimer's patients. He also has a long experience as a live performer and moderator of live events.
Interview
What prompted you to print the book "Seen with Your Eyes"? An outburst, a duty .... I read that your grandmother had this bad.
You have immediately understood the motivations that have prompted me to write this novel, congratulations! You've just used the right words: venture and duty. Besides of course the pleasure of writing, which belongs to me by nature. When my grandmother got sick of Alzheimer's, I was very young. As a result, I lived that period in a "naive" manner and more detached, despite the fact that I understood the gravity of the situation. So giving life to "Sight with Your Eyes" was like asking for "forgiveness" for what I did not.
What is the message you want to launch with this publication?
Sensitize towards the disease. Do you know there are more people with Alzheimer's than cancer? Really, I'm not joking. Yet tumor is spoken every day, it constantly pops up the population, although today many times tumor heals. But Alzheimer does not heal. Paradoxically, you do not even die of Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's is "coexisting".
What hit you most in the story you told in the book?
I would love to know what will please you more when you read it! (n.d.r. ride)
What does "take care of an Alzheimer's disease"? What are the major difficulties you encounter?
Taking care of an Alzheimer's sufferer alone can not be done: this is the problem. An Alzheimer's patient is no longer self-sufficient and needs continuous and constant care. The difficulties are therefore physical, to which the psychological ones are added: try to think what it is to wake up one day and realize that your husband, your wife, your mother or your dad no longer recognizes you, you do not even know who you are and maybe you become even violent to you. My grandmother had the disease for twenty years. Here, she has remained alive for up to 90 years, but in fact, at 70, she has started to no longer exist. And this is absolutely devastating.
From this experience, how has your way of life changed? Writing this story has improved your way of life?
Undoubtedly yes. Bringing around this novel is giving me a lot. Meeting people, listening to stories, I always learn something. I am even more convinced of what I did. Let's not forget, moreover, that part of the proceeds from the sale of "Sight With Your Eyes" is donated to the "Friends of the Dino Ferrari" Association that deals with research. Because a cure still does not exist today.
The well-known actor Giulio Scarpati wrote a very touching book on Alzheimer's mother, and said: "The book has cost me a lot, but it has done well to me, my family and also to many relatives of the sick": And Was that so for you too?
Absolutely yes. It is good for my soul and my heart.
In Italy how are we put in the prevention of this disease?
On the front of prevention, progress is being made, but there is still much work to be done. They also need funds and often do not get enough.
Let's talk about your profession. Journalist (writer) and conductor (author). What are the topics you love to deepen in your broadcasts?
Politics, surely! Which then is what I am concerned about. I am currently conducting a program on Radio Lombardia. It's called "Bread to the Bread" and is a talk with four guests every day. We deal with various topical issues, especially those related to the territory, trying to give a lot of room for the listeners to give as many answers as possible. But I also love social issues: I have a clear sense of justice. So I hate everything that goes wrong and I can not stand the unclear situations.
Who has sent you the passion for journalism? Do you have any relative journalist?
No, no relative journalist. It's a passion I have in DNA! He thinks that as a child I imitated journalists on TV. I took my mother's books, sat down and staged my personal newscast, repeating constantly that I would have done "that job there!" No sooner said than done!
Your future parents dreamed (hoping) for you?
My parents have always left me free to make my choices, spur me and encourage me. Even though I know my dad would have preferred for me a "safer" job, like the classic bank work !!! But that's why it was great, because it never made me weigh.
What are the qualities of a good journalist?
You have to be curious, always ask why things are, have a spirit of observation and never get tired of looking for answers. And then never lose enthusiasm and adrenaline: when you no longer feel the emotion of writing, airing, speaking in public, maybe it's better to change a trade.
In conducting you inspire some model of conductor?
No one in particular. I've always watched everyone, learning from each one.
What are your ambitions?
I've always wanted to be a journalist, as small as I've already told. And I did. I had a lot of satisfaction, interviewed big characters and experienced experiences that I think are almost exclusive. I could not be more satisfied. But a dream in the drawer I still have: to become a full time writer! In short, have a buen netier and publish books on books!
The most beautiful (and rewarding) compliment you received?
They usually tell me that I am competent without having to weigh it and that I am very skilled in making people who are involved in my programs comfortable. I do not like aggression, though I often pay more. But it is not in my nature.
Do you have a pebble in the shoes you would like to take away?
A?! I would have a lot and I would not know where to start, and then I am very diplomatic. I can generally say this: I love my job and I would not change it for anything in the world, but sometimes it may be unfair and it can become a double-cut weapon. We know that meritocracy does not exist much in Italy ... here, in my profession, even more. With the obvious exceptions, of course. Fortunately, there are many, many outstanding colleagues.
Who would you like to say "thank you"?
My parents who have always let me choose when there were difficult moments.
What relationship do you have with Faith?
I'm a believer. I believe there is a God who moves our actions, despite the free will.
Do you often think about the afterlife?
Very much. Especially when I think of my loved ones that I am no longer on Earth. I like to hear them, however, close.
What are your projects?
Continue to make radio and television, maybe with some new idea. And naturally write a thousand and a thousand other books!
Do you have a professional dream?
I will be repetitive but I have a clear image of myself: the computer as I write.