Rule reminder
Italian journalism uses: 'poiché' for formal causal statements in news reports; 'a causa di' / 'grazie a' for attributing events to causes (with noun phrases); causal gerund in quality journalism; 'dal momento che' for analytical pieces. Avoid overly literary ('giacché') or overly colloquial ('siccome') forms.
FEATURE ARTICLE — 'Non avendo mai abbandonato i valori della tradizione, il borgo ha mantenuto un'identità unica.' This uses: