KC Baker

Mar. 15, 2025

Title:Senior WriterEducation:Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; Bucknell UniversityLocation:New York, NYExpertise:Crime, the Climate Crisis, Human Interest, Celebrities

Title:Senior Writer

Education:Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; Bucknell University

Location:New York, NY

Expertise:Crime, the Climate Crisis, Human Interest, Celebrities

K.C. Baker has worked in the national media for more than two decades. Now a senior writer at PEOPLE and PEOPLE.com, she is a member of PEOPLE’s Crime Team. She also covers breaking news, the climate crisis, human interest and entertainment.Before K.C. joined the Crime Team, she covered celebrities and red carpet events for PEOPLE and PEOPLE.com for more than a decade.This year, K.C. will appear in her fifth season of People Magazine Investigates on Investigation Discovery/ ID and streaming on Max.

K.C. Baker has worked in the national media for more than two decades. Now a senior writer at PEOPLE and PEOPLE.com, she is a member of PEOPLE’s Crime Team. She also covers breaking news, the climate crisis, human interest and entertainment.

Before K.C. joined the Crime Team, she covered celebrities and red carpet events for PEOPLE and PEOPLE.com for more than a decade.

This year, K.C. will appear in her fifth season of People Magazine Investigates on Investigation Discovery/ ID and streaming on Max.

Before K.C. got to PEOPLE, she worked at small newspapers before joining theNew York Daily Newsas a staff writer and reporter, traveling all over the country covering national news stories.She also covered New York City-based crime and political stories, and wrote and reported on celebrities for theRush & Molloygossip column, covering red carpet events and premieres. In between stakeouts on the streets of Manhattan or waiting for stars at a premiere, she also penned a weekly pet column.K.C. has co-written three books, includingThe New York Timesbestseller,Turning the Tables: From Housewife and Inmate and Back AgainwithReal Housewives of New Jerseystar Teresa Giudice, andWhat’s Up Dawg? How To Become a Superstar in the Music BusinesswithAmerican Idoljudge Randy Jackson. She has also written for other publications such asCosmopolitan,SeventeenandGood Housekeeping.

Before K.C. got to PEOPLE, she worked at small newspapers before joining theNew York Daily Newsas a staff writer and reporter, traveling all over the country covering national news stories.

She also covered New York City-based crime and political stories, and wrote and reported on celebrities for theRush & Molloygossip column, covering red carpet events and premieres. In between stakeouts on the streets of Manhattan or waiting for stars at a premiere, she also penned a weekly pet column.

K.C. has co-written three books, includingThe New York Timesbestseller,Turning the Tables: From Housewife and Inmate and Back AgainwithReal Housewives of New Jerseystar Teresa Giudice, andWhat’s Up Dawg? How To Become a Superstar in the Music BusinesswithAmerican Idoljudge Randy Jackson. She has also written for other publications such asCosmopolitan,SeventeenandGood Housekeeping.

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, M.S.Bucknell University, B.A. in Economics and Japanese

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, M.S.

Bucknell University, B.A. in Economics and Japanese

source: people.com