Reply #33: "Rita Skeeter" is the name of a "reporter" character [View All]

[Berry Cool]

in the Harry Potter books. She writes for the Daily Prophet.

She is, like Rita Cosby, nosy, pushy and interested in reporting gossipy items more than real news. Naturally, she likes to report any tidbits about Harry she can get because he is so well known as "the boy who lived."

Here's a quick place to catch up:

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizards/rita.html

Miranda Richardson will play her in the next movie.