Kate Bernot is a food and beverage reporter who writes for both trade- and consumer-facing publications. She is the lead reporter at Sightlines.news, an insights- and analysis-focused newsletter for the beverage alcohol industry, and her work appears in The Washington Post, Craft Beer & Brewing, Imbibe, Craft Spirits Magazine, and other outlets. She is also the director of the North American Guild of Beer Writers, a professional development organization. She lives in Missoula, Montana.