Pierluigi Roi
Pierluigi Roi is a journalist and the News Director of OMNI Television , a multicultural television station in Toronto, Ontario. He joined OMNI News in 1994 as a political journalist for the Italian evening news, reporting from Queen's Park. He currently oversees the production of five daily newscasts in five different languages: English, Portuguese, Cantonese, Mandarin and Italian. He has produced special coverage of major sporting events, including the 2006 World Cup Soccer Championship, the 2008 European Football Championship and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. In recent years, he has produced several television fundraisers to collect relief aid for earthquake victims in China and Italy and flood victims in Burma and Pakistan. He assisted with a telethon for the SickKids Hospital Foundation and, in addition to his fundraising efforts, has worked on several federal and provincial elections for the station. He is also known for his early work in broadcasting at CHIN Radio/TV International in Toronto. He studied Political Science at the University of Milan and Languages and International Commerce at the Pietro Verdi Institute. He is a member of the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE), the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA), the Radio and Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) and the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Ontario.
Documentaries
- Pierre Elliot Trudeau: Retrospective (Canada, 1999), which won a Canadian Ethnic Journalists and Writers’ Club award in 1999
- Great Jubilee 2000 (Italy, 2000)
- Pilgrimage: Beatification of Saint Pio (Canada, 2001)