Karissa Bell

Karissa is a senior reporter at Engadget, covering Meta, Twitter, TikTok, Snap and all things social media. Her interests include tech policy, internet culture, and all the ways our online activities shape our IRL selves. Prior to joining Engadget she was a senior reporter at Mashable, where she spent six years reporting on social media platforms, Apple, Google and other Big Tech companies. Before she took on the social media beat full-time, she wrote about apps and developers for Macworld and Wired, and was an early contributor to The Wirecutter. Karissa has appeared on panels at SXSW, CES and numerous other tech conferences, and is a frequent guest on the Engadget Podcast. Send her story tips and horror movie recommendations at karissa.bell@engadget.com.