Editing Oriana Fallaci (section)

=== Beginning as a journalist ===
After attaining her secondary school diploma, Fallaci briefly attended the [[University of Florence]] where she studied medicine and chemistry. She later transferred to literature but soon dropped out and never finished her studies. Her uncle Bruno Fallaci, himself a journalist, suggested that Fallaci pursue a career in [[journalism]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stylos.it/default.asp?artID=73 |title=Stylos: Agenzia di comunicazione giornalistica, letteraria, editoriale - Roma |access-date=11 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522033155/http://www.stylos.it/default.asp?artID=73 |archive-date=22 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Fallaci began her career in journalism during her teens, becoming a special correspondent for the Italian paper ''Il mattino dell'Italia centrale'' in 1946.<ref>{{cite book|last=Arico|first=Santo L.|title=Oriana Fallaci: The Woman and the Myth|publisher=Southern Illinois University|year=1998|page=[https://archive.org/details/orianafallaciwom00aric_0/page/26 26]|isbn=0-8093-2153-X|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/orianafallaciwom00aric_0/page/26}}</ref> Beginning in 1967, she worked as a [[war correspondent]] covering the Vietnam War, the [[Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts|Indo-Pakistani War]], the [[Middle East]], and in [[South America]].