Citywire hires Downes as a reporter

Sophie Downes

Citywire has hired Sophie Downes as a reporter.

Downes is based in London. She previously worked as a reporter for Black Knight Media.

She is a graduate of the University of Bristol with an English degree.

“Citywire appealed to me due to the focus the company places on fresh and original reporting,” she wrote. “I was really impressed by the company’s studio and I hope to explore both film and podcast during my time here.”

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.