Writer and editor
Kate Knibbs
I am a senior writer at Wired. If you want to send me a tip or story idea, please email me at kate_knibbs@wired.com, or DM me on Twitter for my Signal. I’d love to hear from you!
Before Wired, I worked at The Ringer and Gizmodo. I live in Chicago with my family.
Here is some recent work:
FEATURES
“You Can’t Recover If You’re Dead” On the struggle to bring overdose prevention spaces to the United States.
“Worked at Vice Then Went to Jail” On a drug ring centered in Vice’s Toronto office.
“ClickHole Started as a Meat Joke. Can It Avoid Being Offal?” On ClickHole’s journey from Onion spinoff to indie co-op.
“CollegeHumor Helped Shape Online Comedy. What Went Wrong?” On CollegeHumor’s struggle to survive mass layoffs.
“Freedom, Mayhem, and the Uncertain Future of Revel’s Zippy Mopeds” On moped-sharing service Revel and its deadly 2020 summer.
CULTURE
“Ten Years of Taylor Swift” On the pop star’s journey from sweetheart to snake and back again.
“Why We Keep Coming Back to the Manson Family” On 50 years of obsessing over Charles Manson.
“What Makes a Successful Addiction Memoir?” On Leslie Jamison’s “The Recovering” and its place in the addiction memoir canon.
“The Dark Decline of Keeping Up With the Kardashians” On my favorite reality television show.
“Crash Bandicoot, My Love, Come Back to Me!” On my favorite video game.
LIFESTYLE
“Unbury the Hatchet: How Axe-Throwing Went From a Canadian Fad to a Global Pastime” On the rise of axe-throwing bars and leagues.
“The Secrets of Snail Skin Care” I love putting snail ooze on my face, and needed to know whether it worked.
“What’s Your Type?” Why is personality testing still so popular?
“The Best Pizza Topping You’ve Never Heard Of” On Chicago’s favorite condiment.
“In Praise of Egg Nog” It’s good.
PROFILES
Russian Doll creator Leslye Headland
Celebrity personal trainer Gunner Peterson
INTERVIEWS
Celebrity journalist Maureen Orth on her reporting on Michael Jackson and Woody Allen
Food writer Michael Pollan on his book, “How to Change Your Mind”
Barry scene-stealer Anthony Carrigan aka Noho Hank aka the best character on TV right now