POLITICO Pro Debrief: Everything you need to know about the Danish Presidency

Laurens Cerulus leads POLITICO Europe’s team of reporters covering cybersecurity, privacy and data protection issues as Cybersecurity Editor. He also supports the broader team of reporters covering technology issues as Deputy Technology Editor. Laurens started at POLITICO Europe as a Web Producer in April 2015 to work on our multimedia and data journalism. He moved to a reporter role on the technology team in April 2016, covering telecoms, data protection and cybersecurity issues as a reporter, senior policy reporter and global cybersecurity correspondent. Prior to joining POLITICO, Laurens worked at EU affairs publication EURACTIV and reported stories from Brussels for international media including the BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle, The Independent, Sunday Times, European Voice, Monocle and others. He is a graduate of City University London’s journalism department and holds master’s degrees in history and international politics. He is a Belgian, born in Leuven.

Gregorio Sorgi is a financial services reporter for POLITICO. 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.

Jacopo Barigazzi is Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, covering mainly migration, foreign policy and Italian politics. Prior to joining POLITICO he wrote for six years for Newsweek covering Italian politics and economy and interviewing, twice, Prime Ministers Silvio Berlusconi and Romano Prodi. He also wrote for Abu Dhabi’s The National and for the financial daily Il Sole 24 Ore. At the beginning of his career he worked for Reuters in Milan where he covered the Parmalat crack, the largest financial scandal in Italy, breaking several news scoops including the indictment of then almighty banker Cesare Geronzi. But his first steps in journalism were at CNBC in London, after an internship at the Financial Times. He studied International journalism at London’s City University and graduated with an MA cum laude in Philosophy from Milan University. In Italy he also co-founded award winning Linkiesta, where he served as editor-in-chief.