Articles
No one can dispute that Francisco Pinto Balsemão was a Titan for freedom of the press in his own Portugal as well as internationally, where he was a trendsetter in cross media platforms with the founding of Expresso group and SIC TV.
In his political career, he was an innovator as PSD party founder and prime minister. I was privileged to have his friendship since his days at Diario Popular in 1965, where he constantly dared regime censorship and built the path to democracy. A big void for his family, his friends and his journalist colleagues and fellow Portuguese.
Launch of José Pedro Castanheira’s investigative work on the Estado Novo’s secret police. Dennis Redmont contributed context and illustrations to this essential historical record.
Reflections on McCartney, memory, and why a 1965 melody still shadows our present.
Revisiting the turning point that cemented Portugal’s post-Revolution path.
A personal remembrance piece about staying power and the weight of memory.
Brazil secures a landmark Oscar with a story rooted in dictatorship-era loss.
Why an unprecedented U.S. race could still change in its final miles.
City honors decades of reporting, cultural work, and public service.
Notes from a conversation that spans Europe, identity and Portugal’s future.
How foreign correspondents watched the Carnation Revolution, then and now.
A look at the figures and forces shaping a new political moment.
On the creative collisions when two languages share one conversation.
Why the words we choose in conflict can save clarity—or distort truth.
A portrait of resilience—and the curious rhythm of second chances.
What successive papal trips reveal about Portugal, faith and geopolitics.
Remembering a colleague whose compass never wavered: accuracy and humanity.
A contemporaneous file from a city on the edge of transformation.
A decade helping shape ideas worth spreading in Italy’s capital.
An interview by Joana Azedevo Viana for “I” magazine about the experience in Portugal as an AP correspondent and the run-ins with the political police.
A perspective on the state of communication in Italy, with examples of mixing politics and society and an invitation for “contamination.”
Describing the new world of communication and its implications for Turkish and international media in the Istanbul luxury magazine.
Context and consequence of a plot that shocked the faithful.
A farewell to a radical, complicated figure from Portugal’s past.
POLITICO reveals my PIDE file—and a reporter’s new history with a regime.
An analysis of the journalistic profession in the Web 2.0 era for “Aspenia Web 2.0: Power and Freedom” magazine.
Scenes and stakes as a sensational Italian case flips overnight.
Interviewed by “Lettera 43”, Redmont argues the controversy over Marchionne’s statements was “artificially” mounted.
A piece for Hürriyet Daily News on Villa Tre Ville, Franco Zeffirelli’s splendid residence on the Amalfi Coast, transformed into a luxury hotel.
A sarcastic analysis for “Obiettivo Impresa” magazine on the region’s search for a new identity amidst crisis and globalization.
An article for Aspenia Media Evo on reconciling freedom of information with new security needs and the fight against terrorism.
An interview with “Il Mattino” on the wiretapping bill, comparing Italy and the USA: “In the absence of PMs’ transcripts, investigative journalism will grow.”
Dennis Redmont quoted in the Financial Times: “In Italy, the media and newspapers were born as tools of an elite.”
An interview with “Il Mattino” from September 5, 2009.
“All social legislation in America had his name written on it,” declares Dennis Redmont, interviewed by the monthly “Liberal”.