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Ellie Smitherman
Senior Consumer Reporter
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@EllieSmitherman
Ellie is a Senior Consumer Reporter at
The Sun
. She writes for the award-winning
Money
section both online and in print. Her interests include
pensions
and retirement,
retail
news and supporting readers during the
cost of living
crisis. She regularly helps readers with their pensions-related problems, such as
getting unfair penalty charges waived
and spreading
awareness of potential issues
, as well as reporting on
policy changes affecting the industry
. Ellie also news edits and helps manage the Money team. She joined
Sun Money
in October 2022 after a 14-month stint in local news at
The Argus
, in Brighton. Her reporting included
human interest
,
crime,
inquest
and
entertainment
stories. Ellie holds a degree in multimedia journalism from
Bournemouth University
. Got a story? Send it to
[email protected]
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