Kyle Chayka

Chayka grew up in New Milford, Connecticut, graduating from New Milford High School in 2006. As a teenager, he published a blog entitled "Verbal Diarrhea" and played the role-playing game Ragnarok Online.

He studied art history and international relations at Tufts University, editing The Tufts Daily and earning a Bachelor of Arts in 2010.

Chayka was the first staff writer of the arts magazine Hyperallergic, becoming a senior editor for the publication in 2012.

In 2015, Chayka and P.E. Moskowitz founded Study Hall, a publication and community for media workers.

As a freelance journalist, Chayka covered art and aesthetics. In a 2016 essay for The Verge, he coined the term "AirSpace" to describe the prevalence of "sameness" across cafes and offices around the world.

In 2021, he became a staff writer for The New Yorker, where he writes the "Infinite Scroll" column on digital culture.

Chayka is married to The New York Times politics reporter Jess Bidgood, whom he met at Tufts. They live in Washington, D.C. with their Plott hound, Rhubarb.