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Dennis Redmont and Francisco Pinto Balsemão
Tribute
Remembering Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Today and Always

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.

23 Oct 2025
Histórias da PIDE book cover
Culture
Histórias da PIDE: A Book that “Turns Memory into a Form of Struggle”

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.

07 Nov 2025
Op-ed on Paul McCartney
Op-ed
A perseguir Paul McCartney… Hoje e ‘Yesterday’

Reflections on McCartney, memory, and why a 1965 melody still shadows our present.

26 Aug 2025
Spínola countercoup
History
Half a century ago: Spínola’s failed countercoup

Revisiting the turning point that cemented Portugal’s post-Revolution path.

10 Mar 2025
Op-ed
Também eu ainda estou aqui. E lembro

A personal remembrance piece about staying power and the weight of memory.

3 Mar 2025
Brazil Oscar win
Culture
I’m Still Here wins best international film Oscar

Brazil secures a landmark Oscar with a story rooted in dictatorship-era loss.

3 Mar 2025
US race commentary
Opinion
I said that neither Biden nor Trump would reach the finish line

Why an unprecedented U.S. race could still change in its final miles.

28 Aug 2024
Medal of Cultural Merit
Recognition
Lisbon Awards Medal of Cultural Merit to Dennis Redmont

City honors decades of reporting, cultural work, and public service.

14 Jul 2024
With President Marcelo
Report
An evening with the President: the world and Portugal according to Marcelo

Notes from a conversation that spans Europe, identity and Portugal’s future.

25 Jun 2024
Carnation Revolution feature
Anniversary
“Portugal struggled to become the center of world attention.”

How foreign correspondents watched the Carnation Revolution, then and now.

24 Jun 2024
Politico Europe piece
Politics
Portugal’s last anti-Salazar guerrilla & the left’s rise

A look at the figures and forces shaping a new political moment.

23 Nov 2023
Language
Portinglês: Navigating the Quirks of Portuguese-English Interchange

On the creative collisions when two languages share one conversation.

4 Nov 2023
Essay
Words under siege: The power of language in war reporting

Why the words we choose in conflict can save clarity—or distort truth.

2 Nov 2023
Profile
A Man Who Always Gets Lucky Twice

A portrait of resilience—and the curious rhythm of second chances.

5 Sep 2023
Analysis
More than 50 years of papal visits to Portugal: my analysis

What successive papal trips reveal about Portugal, faith and geopolitics.

6 Aug 2023
Tribute
Tribute to Henry Kamm

Remembering a colleague whose compass never wavered: accuracy and humanity.

2 Aug 2023
Archive (PDF)
1965. Lisbon. The PIDE, Soares, three women and a dictator.

A contemporaneous file from a city on the edge of transformation.

22 Mar 2023
TEDx Rome Advisory Board
Milestone
10 years as a member of the TEDx Rome Advisory Board

A decade helping shape ideas worth spreading in Italy’s capital.

6 Feb 2023
Feature
Dennis Redmont on the Portuguese magazine “I”

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.

21 Aug 2018
Commentary
Redmont’s contribution to the WeThink project

A perspective on the state of communication in Italy, with examples of mixing politics and society and an invitation for “contamination.”

Sep 2012
Noble and Royal magazine cover
Commentary
Redmont on the Turkish magazine “Noble and Royal”

Describing the new world of communication and its implications for Turkish and international media in the Istanbul luxury magazine.

Sep 2012
Fatima attempt analysis
Analysis
On the murder attempt against the Pope in Fátima

Context and consequence of a plot that shocked the faithful.

11 May 2017
Obituary
Remembering Rui D’Espiney, “Europe’s last Maoist Guerrilla”

A farewell to a radical, complicated figure from Portugal’s past.

4 May 2016
Declassified PIDE file
Archive
Declassified after 50 years

POLITICO reveals my PIDE file—and a reporter’s new history with a regime.

4 Oct 2015
Analysis
Journalism 2.0? “A job for many, not for all”

An analysis of the journalistic profession in the Web 2.0 era for “Aspenia Web 2.0: Power and Freedom” magazine.

24 Oct 2011
Report
Amanda Knox sheds conviction and flies home

Scenes and stakes as a sensational Italian case flips overnight.

5 Oct 2011
Commentary
Marchionne ungrateful? “It’s the country’s system that doesn’t work”

Interviewed by “Lettera 43”, Redmont argues the controversy over Marchionne’s statements was “artificially” mounted.

27 Oct 2010
Culture
Zeffirelli’s Villa in Positano becomes a luxury hotel

A piece for Hürriyet Daily News on Villa Tre Ville, Franco Zeffirelli’s splendid residence on the Amalfi Coast, transformed into a luxury hotel.

11 Oct 2010
Commentary
“Dear Umbria, threats are opportunities!”

A sarcastic analysis for “Obiettivo Impresa” magazine on the region’s search for a new identity amidst crisis and globalization.

Oct 2010
Analysis
Ethical code or self-regulation?

An article for Aspenia Media Evo on reconciling freedom of information with new security needs and the fight against terrorism.

Jul 2010
Interview
In America, there is more balance between privacy and information

An interview with “Il Mattino” on the wiretapping bill, comparing Italy and the USA: “In the absence of PMs’ transcripts, investigative journalism will grow.”

26 May 2010
Mention
Fedele Confalonieri defends Berlusconi against “neo-colonialists”

Dennis Redmont quoted in the Financial Times: “In Italy, the media and newspapers were born as tools of an elite.”

May 2010
Interview
In Italy, information pluralism is not at risk

An interview with “Il Mattino” from September 5, 2009.

5 Sep 2009
Interview
“Ted, the last Kennedy, dies”

“All social legislation in America had his name written on it,” declares Dennis Redmont, interviewed by the monthly “Liberal”.

27 Aug 2009
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