One of the many characters in the Harry Potter-verse created by J.K. Rowling. Rita Skeeter is a vicious reporter for the Daily Prophet, one who particularly enjoys digging up the dirt on celebrities. She is not particularly bothered by whether or not her latest gossip is true. Skeeter is an unregistered Animagus, a secret talent responsible for a lot of the gossip she manages to unearth. She can change into a beetle.