Overview
- Sigfrido Ranucci posted a video on his social profiles on Tuesday showing him packing boxes and leaving the Report newsroom, marking the end of his roughly 20‑year role as the programme's leading presenter.
- He said he produced about 500 episodes of Report and wrote that he has no regrets about his career choices because he prioritised defending journalistic principles.
- In his written farewell Ranucci complained that he never expected exit 'modalità così mostruose', a phrase translated in coverage as 'mostruose' or 'monstrous', without specifying details of those actions.
- Ranucci framed the departure as a lesson in resilience, used the Nat King Cole song 'L‑O‑V‑E' in the video, and promised his audience he will return without giving operational details about successors or Rai's response.
- Report is Rai's long‑running investigative programme and Ranucci's public exit leaves uncertainty for the show, its viewers, and the broadcaster because news coverage so far does not name a replacement or explain institutional next steps.