Cianca started his career as a journalist and worked as a parliamentary reporter for the Rome-based newspaper
La Tribuna. The paper was the most significant opposition publication against Fascist government of
Benito Mussolini. Cianca also edited another anti-fascist publication,
Il Becco Giallo, a weekly satirical magazine. In the establishment of the Giustizia e Libertà he collaborated with
Carlo Rosselli,
Nello Rosselli,
Emilio Lussu,
Alberto Tarchiani,
Fausto Nitti and
Gaetano Salvemini. Cianca managed to resume the publication of
Il Becco Giallo in Paris, and also, he and Carlo Rosselli edited a weekly publication of Giustizia e Libertà which was also entitled
Giustizia e Libertà. In fact, Rosselli was the editor of the weekly between 1934 and his death in 1937, and Cianca succeeded him in the post. There he met his future wife,
Carol Lunetta Cianca. Alberto Cianca and his close ally Alberto Tarchiani were very active in the society dealing with its administrative operations. Cianca was also named the president of the society's New York branch. Following the end of the
Fascist rule, Cianca and other Italian exiles returned to Italy which led to the end of the Mazzini Society.{{cite book|year=2014 ==Later years and death==