Katie is Billboard’s executive digital director, West Coast and has worked for Billboard.com as an editor in the Los Angeles office since 2014. In addition to leading fan-facing coverage and breaking news on the website, Katie has also reviewed dozens of music festivals and concerts, with a special focus on the ever-growing Las Vegas music scene. She helps oversee Billboard’s commerce content and works closely with its global partners to highlight their coverage online. Katie co-hosts and co-produces Billboard’s Pop Shop podcast, a weekly discussion about the latest pop news and chart moves and has interviewed everyone from Dua Lipa to John Mayer for the show.
Katie previously worked as a digital editor at Entertainment Weekly, where she co-hosted the Editor’s Hour show on SiriusXM’s EW Live. Before that, she was deputy managing editor at MTV News and an intern-turned-copy editor at The Detroit News after earning her degree in journalism from Michigan State University. (Go green!)