In the summer of 2008, images of the waste crisis in Naples spread around the world. At that time, I had been working for six months on my thesis work, a journalistic investigation entitled “The other side of Ecomafia”. It was my first experience as an investigative journalist, but I immediately understood that it would not be the last. Indeed, the problems my country was going through during these years awakened in me a passion for investigative journalism. The thesis was an exciting challenge. This gave me the opportunity to conduct extensive research over several months, collect and organize large amounts of material, and think about how to deliver complex content to a wide audience. I focused on the most significant topics: lawlessness in the “cement cycle” and trafficking and illegal waste disposal. I met with witnesses and ecomafia protagonists, and reviewed court documents, wiretap recordings, and research. Step by step, I understood the underlying mechanisms of the whirlwind of billions that was suffocating Campania under a thick layer of concrete. Finally, while driving and wa...