Paolo Mieli (born 25 February 1949) is an Italian journalist who has been editor of Italy's leading newspaper, Corriere della Sera.

In May 1997, he was replaced by Ferruccio De Bortoli, assuming the position of editor-in-chief of RCS MediaGroup, publisher of Corriere della Sera.

[3] Mieli served as a member of RAI TV, Italy's state network, but turned down the opportunity to be Chair amid a 2003 controversy.

[6] On 24 November 2017, he gave a lectio magistralis at the conference entitled The Night of History and organised in Rome by the Grand Lodge of Italy to mark the 300th anniversary of the founding of modern Freemasonry.

Too often overestimated), which was "an extensive report on the Masonic world, emphasising its revolutionary spirit and stigmatising all the prejudices and 'exaggerations' that all too often surround it, almost always caused - it is argued - by historical and philosophical ignorance.