Politico hires Sakellariadis to cover cybersecurity

John Sakellariadis

Politico has hires John Sakellariadis as a reporter to cover cybersecurity.

He started on Monday.

Sakellariadis just finished a year in Athens studying European Union cybersecurity issues as a Fulbright U.S. Student Research Grantee, and he’s previously written for publications including Slate and The Record. Earlier this month, the Atlantic Council published his report on the rise of ransomware attacks.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a master’s degree from Columbia University.

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.