Francesca Trianni

is a senior producer at TIME.

Recent Articles

'I Did Not Want to Die.' A Mariupol Resident's Journey by Sea to Escape the Russian Siege

When Russian forces hit the Donetsk Regional Drama Theater in Mariupol, Ukraine, Dmitry Yurin was just a couple hundred feet away, getting ready to celebrate his 31st birthday at home with his mother. The explosion...

By Francesca Trianni

VIDEO: Survivor Describes Horror Inside Mariupol Theater

"I touched the bed where she was sleeping, and I could not find her," Victoria Dubovitskaya says. "There was only rubble."

By Francesca Trianni

Asian American Business Owners in Atlanta Are Despairing

For Asian American small business owners in Atlanta, the attack on their community is an extension of the racism they’ve faced for years

By Sanya Mansoor , Andrew R. Chow and Francesca Trianni

A Year with Long COVID, for Patients and Families

When Ghenya Grondin starts rattling off the symptoms she still experiences a year after getting sick with what she believes was COVID-19, she has to pause to consult a list she keeps on her phone...

By Jamie Ducharme and Francesca Trianni

What the Capitol Hill Rioters' Flags Tell Us

How the far-right is evolving

By Francesca Trianni

See How an Atlanta Suburb Navigates U.S. Divisiveness

On Nov. 6, Georgia became the epicenter of America’s complicated political landscape, voting narrowly to elevate now President-elect Joe Biden and triggering two runoff races that will determine the balance of the Senate. Georgia now...

By Ed Kashi , Julie Winokur and Francesca Trianni

Doctors and Nurses Are Getting COVID-19 Burnout

'What we need is for you to stop exposing us.'

By Francesca Trianni

Inside Beirut After the Explosion

Aug. 4's blast killed more than 200 people in Beirut and left 300,000 homeless

By Francesca Trianni

Protests Instead of Graduation, the Class of 2020 'Walk the Stage of the Streets'

Across the country, young activists take different approaches in the name of justice for George Floyd

By Francesca Trianni

What Life in Italy Is Like as It Reopens After Coronavirus Lockdown

This May, I was supposed to travel to Italy, where I grew up, for the wedding of a close friend. It became clear that wouldn’t happen once Italy became the first European country to impose...

By Francesca Trianni

Inside a Hospital Preparing for Italy to Reopen

'I can't help but worry'

By Francesca Trianni

Meet an Italian Couple Fighting Coronavirus on the Frontline

Roberto Tonelli was busy planning his September wedding, when the coronavirus pandemic hit his town of Modena, in Northern Italy. Soon, he and his fiancé, Ivana Castaniere, were discussing ventilation parameters instead of flower arrangements.“We...

By Francesca Trianni

Why Colleges Need to Totally Rethink How They Treat Working Students

According to an NYU professor

By Francesca Trianni

Watch: At Home with Mayor Pete Buttigieg and His Husband, Chasten

Read more about Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign in TIME's cover story

By Charlotte Alter , Diane Tsai and Francesca Trianni

Some Parents Separated From Their Children Return to the U.S.

There is perhaps no force more powerful than a group of parents intent on seeing their children again.Twenty-nine mothers and fathers from Central America, who were deported in 2018 without their under-age children as part...

By Francesca Trianni and Emily Kinskey / Mexicali, Mexico

What Happens When You Reimagine the Difficult Conversation About Guns

We spend a lot of time talking about guns. We have arguments, protests, declarations, and slogans about what kind of weapons can be sold and to whom. But the one thing we rarely have when...

By Diane Tsai , Francesca Trianni and Susanna Schrobsdorff

How to Help Refugees in Greece

TIME is currently following three babies born to Syrian refugees in Europe over their first year of life, for our Finding Home project. Many people have written in to ask how they can help Rahaf,...

By Aryn Baker , Francesca Trianni and Lynsey Addario

Watch Republican Delegates Imitate Donald Trump

There’s no doubt that Donald Trump’s mannerisms are good fodder.A recent study from that late-night comics make three times as many jokes about Donald Trump as they do about Hillary Clinton.But they’re not the only...

By Diane Tsai / Cleveland and Francesca Trianni / Cleveland

The View of the GOP Convention from a Shoe Shine Stand

Business is booming

By Diane Tsai and Francesca Trianni

They Suffered Through Mass Shootings. Here Are Their Messages for the Orlando Victims

The families of shooting victims offer support to those now enduring a pain they know all too well

By Francesca Trianni
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