Born in Carrara in 1985, Agnese Pini has been the editor-in-chief of La Nazione since 2019—the first woman to lead the newspaper in its 160-year history. As of July 1, 2022, she also serves as editor-in-chief of QN Quotidiano Nazionale, Il Resto del Carlino, and Il Giorno.

She graduated with honors in Literature from the University of Pisa, with a thesis on the artistic and spiritual correspondence between Michelangelo Buonarroti and Vittoria Colonna. Between 2009 and 2010, she trained at the “Walter Tobagi” School of Journalism in Milan.

Her journalism career began in 2007 at the Carrara newsroom of La Nazione, before moving to Il Giorno in Milan, where she covered crime and court reporting for six years. In 2016, she returned to La Nazione to report on the Monte dei Paschi di Siena banking crisis.

During her tenure as editor, La Nazione has received several prestigious awards, including the Guidarello, Serao, and Ischia journalism prizes. In 2021, Forbes Italia included her among the 100 most successful Italian women of the year. In 2022, she received the Special Prize for Political Culture “Giovanni Spadolini” and a Special Mention at the Viareggio-Rèpaci Prize.

Her debut novel, Un autunno d’agosto (An Autumn in August), was published by Chiarelettere in 2023.

As of 2025, she serves as President of Longanesi, part of the GeMS publishing group.

Her last book is La verità è un fuoco (2025).