Nicoletta Polla-Mattiot has been working as a magazine and newspaper journalist for over twenty years. She began her career by writing investigative reports and articles on fashion and social trends for
La Stampa and later La Repubblica. She then specialised in the conception, planning and development of women's periodicals, working for Grazia (as joint editor) and PerMe (as editor-in-chief). She is currently the editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine of Il Sole 24ORE, How to Spend it, published in partnership with the Financial Times.