Rule reminder

Italian journalism has its own collocations that differ from academic and spoken Italian. Key journalistic collocations: 'scoppiare una polemica' (a controversy breaks out), 'lanciare un allarme' (to raise an alarm), 'aprire un'inchiesta' (to open an investigation), 'sollevare un caso' (to raise a case), 'ottenere un'esclusiva' (to get a scoop), 'raccogliere fondi' (to raise funds). These are the phrases that make journalism sound authoritative.