Palmer Haasch is an entertainment reporter at Business Insider. Her coverage includes television, anime, K-pop, and fan culture, as well as general entertainment.
Previously, she was a digital culture reporter at BI, where she covered TikTok and online culture. Before joining BI in 2020, she wrote for publications including Polygon, Thrillist, IGN, The Verge, and GLAAD. She has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, Recode Daily (previously Reset), NBCLX, NY1, and the British Film Institute's Woman With a Movie Camera summit to speak about TikTok, fandom, entertainment, and online culture.
She graduated from the University of Minnesota with degrees in English and French Studies.
Email Palmer at phaasch@businessinsider.com and follow her on X @haasch_palmer and Bluesky @palmerh.bsky.social.
Expertise
Genre television ("Stranger Things," "One Piece")
Reality television ("The Kardashians," "Selling Sunset")
Kim Kardashian and the Kardashian-Jenner family
Animation
Internet culture, TikTok, and fandom
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