Axios reporter Vavra hired by CyberScoop

Shannon Vavra

Shannon Vavra, who covered breaking news and cybersecurity for Axios, has been hired by CyberScoop as a staff reporter focused on the National Security Administration, U.S. Cyber Command, and cyberwarfare.

She will begin on April 15.

Vavra has been with Axios since its launch, covering a number of different topics including political news, tech, cybersecurity and foreign affairs.

Prior to joining Axios she spent time at the State Department.

Vavra is a graduate of Tufts University, where she was editor of the student newspaper.

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.