Kate Hidalgo Bellows is a staff reporter at The Chronicle, covering today’s college students and campus culture.
Since starting at The Chronicle as a fellow in 2021, Bellows has reported on the social scene for sober college students, the long tail of campus shootings, the fitness habits of college presidents, and the difficulty of balancing public safety and student privacy. She led The Chronicle’s Daily Briefing newsletter from 2022 to 2023.
Bellows came to The Chronicle from The Island Packet in Hilton Head Island, S.C. There, she wrote about labor, housing, and the local Latino community. Her investigation of living conditions at Hilton Head Island’s only public-housing complex won a first-place award from the South Carolina Press Association in the enterprise-reporting category.
Bellows is a 2020 graduate of the University of Virginia. She is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the Education Writers Association.
When she is not writing, she is biking around Washington, D.C., or doting on her cat. Follow her on X @katebellows, or email her at kate.hidalgobellows@chronicle.com.
