Marta MORETTI

Freelance Journalist. ESPO Award Jury Member. Venice, Italy.

Born in Venice in 1961. Graduated in Contemporary History at the University of Venice (Ca’ Foscari) in 1986. Founder and Board Member of the River//Cities Platform Foundation (www.river-cities.net), set up in Warsaw in 2010 and active as a network promoting the valorisation of urban rivers as public spaces and cultural resources for citizens and visitors. From June 1rst 1989 to April 30th 2013, she was working for the International Centre Cities on Water in Venice, covering since 2002 the role of Deputy Director. During her 24 years long collaboration with the Centre, she was involved mostly in editorial issues being Editor in Chief of the Centre’s magazine: Aquapolis (1992; 1996-2001) and Portus (2001-2012). She was also Editor of the monthly digital newsletter of the Centre, Città d’Acqua News (2003-2012). She participates in conferences and seminars on the Centre’s issues at national and international level, and she partecipates to scientific publications with artiche and essays. Since 1988, she writes for local and national newspapers and magazines on cultural, urban and tourisms issues and since 2005 she is regularly registered at the National List of Journalist (Albo di Venezia). Following a personal and family interest, she is member of an Organizing Committee promoting the culture of archaelogical and modern glass in Venice and in its territory, and from 2013 and 2021 she was also member of the Board of the Italian Committee of AIHV (Association Internationale pour l’Histoire du Verre).