Sorgi joining Politico Europe’s finance team

Gregorio Sorgi

Gregorio Sorgi, a reporter for Politico covering the European Union economy, is joining its finance team.

Prior to moving to Politico he served for two years as a press officer at the first-ever EU Delegation to the UK, starting in the immediate aftermath of Brexit. He made his first steps into journalism as a London-based reporter for the Italian daily Il Foglio, HuffPost and other outlets for which he covered the 2019 Election, Boris Johnson’s premiership and the pandemic. His work also appeared in the Spectator, New Statesman and Tablet.

He grew up in Rome, Italy, and studied at University College London, London School of Economics and obtained an NCTJ qualification at the Press Association’s training school.

He is fluent in Italian and English and speaks French.

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.