Maurizio Cerino, the dean of Naples's journalists, died at the age of 65.
Married and father of two children, Cerino, an expert in crime reporting, was for years the point of reference for all the correspondents of national newspapers who arrived at the Press Room of the Naples Police Headquarters between the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Always, after a first and brief experience at Napoli Notte, at Il Mattino where he edited articles and investigations on organized crime in Campania.
A graduate in Communication Sciences, he won the 1995 Cronista award for discovering the strange death of Professor Antonio Vittoria, dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and under investigation for the health-related bribery scandal.
A screenwriter by passion, he wrote the screenplay for the short film Mehari (directed by Gianfranco De Rosa) which won the Nastro d'Argento from the specialized press at the Taormina Film Festival and co-wrote the screenplay for the film FortApàsc (directed by Marco Risi) together with Risi himself, Andrea Purgatori and Jim Carrington.
The writer was his colleague for at least 5 years in the famous Press Room of the Naples Police Headquarters during the years of the bloodiest Camorra feuds. And he has fond memories of it. A careful and uncompromising journalist always looking for news and details when you still have to wear out the soles of your shoes to be able to write, above all, crime news articles.
Condolences and closeness to the family were expressed by the Order of Journalists of Campania and the United Union of Journalists of Campania.
“A thoroughbred reporter, a life spent at Mattino di Napoli. He reported crime news in Campania for years, and was an example for many generations of young journalists.
Always active in the union life of the newspaper and the Regional Press Association. For years he was president of the Union of Journalists of Campania, he was a councilor of the regional union of journalists and several times he was a delegate to the Congresses of the Fnsi. He participated in the screenplay of Fortapàsc, the film by Marco Risi dedicated to Giancarlo Siani.
Among his great passions was music, he played the flute. He leaves behind a wife and two children”. The Campania Unified Journalists Union “embraces with affection the family and colleagues of the daily newspaper il Mattino”.
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