Need someone to explain exactly how Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau first met? (Shockingly, it doesn’t have to do with that trip to space.) Or the internet’s obsession with a freaky-looking raccoon named Jimothy? Or what a Dot Cake is and why you should make one? You’ve found your woman.

Melissa Goldberg is the senior editor of the Weekend Skimm, so being chronically online and deeply invested in all things celebrity, entertainment, food, and travel is basically a job requirement. In her role, she edits and oversees the production of theSkimm’s Friday afternoon (Weekend Non-Negotiables), Saturday (Eat, Read, Go), and Sunday (From the Group Chat) newsletters — and is constantly thinking about how to make them even more relevant and compelling for readers.

Prior to theSkimm, Melissa spent just over a decade chasing her teenage dream of being the next Andrea Sachs, Andie Anderson, or People Magazine editor-in-chief. She graduated from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a bachelor’s degree in magazine journalism (yes, a thing) and went to work in New York City at O, The Oprah Magazine as a beauty writer and editor before moving to the features department. There, she interviewed celebrities and politicians (Cynthia Nixon, Beanie Feldstein, the late Rep. John Lewis), profiled talented artists (like one of the country’s last disco ball makers), worked alongside Gayle King to produce her monthly column and wrote ambitious human-interest stories on two tailors providing pro bono suits to wrongfully incarcerated individuals, the first Girl Scout troop for girls living in the New York City Shelter System, and more.

And to answer the obvious question: Yes, she met Oprah, and yes, she was even more magical in person.

These days, you’ll find Melissa in Washington, DC. In her spare time she cooks overly ambitious dinners, attempts to pick up hobbies (the latest: ceramics), reads at a glacial pace, plays with The World’s Best Nieces™, goes to the Dupont Circle Farmers Market religiously, works everything out on the Peloton, and tries as many new restaurants as possible (don’t miss La' Shukran).