She became President of RAI on 13 March 2003 and resigned on 4 May 2004; she was the second woman President of RAI (after Letizia Moratti in 1994). In 2005–2006, she hosted the interview program In 1/2 h for Rai Tre, in which she famously interviewed then Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Currently, she works as columnist for La Stampa and as a panelist for The Washington Post.
She assumed the leadership of RAI on 13 March 2003 and resigned in May 2004; she was the second woman to lead RAI (after Letizia Moratti in 1994). In 2005–2006, she presented the interview program In 1/2 h for Rai Tre, where she famously interviewed then Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. At present, she writes as a columnist for La Stampa and participates as a panelist for The Washington Post.