Profiles

Tess joined TheWrap as the company’s first reporting fellow in 2024. Tess is from Birmingham, Alabama and attended the University of Southern California, graduating with degrees in theatre and journalism. She also served as the executive editor for Annenberg Media, closely overseeing coverage of campus protests amidst the Israel-Hamas War.

Esther D’Amico is a politics and policy reporter who specializes in antitrust, EH&S and other regulatory concerns as she chronicles debates in and out of Congress as well as the federal agencies. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including Architectural Record, Engineering News-Record, Esquire, Forbes, Kiplinger, Mergermarket, Policy and Regulatory Report, Popular…

Chase Hutchinson is a film and TV critic for TheWrap and has written for the publication since 2024. He is a member of the Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS).

Philiana covers Emmy and Oscar season as a member of TheWrap awards team. She is a writer and editor with over 16 years of experience covering entertainment with expertise in television. She is a Daytime Emmy winner and a two-time National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards honoree.

Jacob Bryant is an Audience Writer for TheWrap. He has been covering the entertainment industry since 2015. Before joining The Wrap in 2024, he was a web editor for Variety and worked at Ranker helping to grow the site’s entertainment coverage.

JD Knapp is the morning news editor at TheWrap, with a personal preference for horror movies, bubblegum pop, reality TV, sitcoms, and animation. After growing up in Connecticut and graduating from Emerson College in Boston with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, he has gone on to work for national outlets such as People, E! News,…