Rebecca Flood
Audience Editor (Trends)
Rebecca Flood is Newsweek's Audience Editor (Trends) and joined in 2021 as a senior reporter.
Rebecca specializes in lifestyle and viral trends, extensively covering social media conversations and real-life features.
She has previously worked at The Sun, The Daily Express, The Daily Star, The Independent and The Mirror, and has been published in Time Out.
Rebecca has written in the UK and abroad, covering hard news such as Brexit, crime and terror attacks as well as domestic and international politics.
She has covered numerous royal events including weddings, births and funerals, and reported live from the King's Coronation for Newsweek.
Rebecca was selected to be one of Newsweek's Cultural Ambassadors. She is a graduate of Brighton University and lives in London.
Languages: English
You can get in touch with Rebecca by emailing r.flood@newsweek.com. You can follow her on X (formerly Twitter) at @thebeccaflood.
Move over cats, it turns out dogs can make biscuits too
Tchief, a German shepherd in Belgium, can often be seen "kneading dough" while lying on his blanket at home.
Driver saves kitten stuck under truck after hearing meow at stop sign
It was "very unusual" to see a kitten trapped in this position "just inches" from the wheel, the San Diego Humane Society told Newsweek.
How Queen Camilla achieved the unthinkable
As King Charles III was crowned, Queen Camilla completed a journey from darkness into the light that some thought would simply never be possible.
King Charles III crowned king as Prince Harry absent from palace balcony
King Charles III was crowned king in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey watched around the world.
Tears at golden retriever's reaction to Mufasa dying in 'The Lion King'
The 1994 animated classic from Disney tugged at all our heartstrings.
Hearts break as shelter given 1-month-old puppy: "Unwanted Christmas gifts"
"Don't give out pets as gifts to someone who didn't ask for one or done research on how to care for it," a caption on a video featuring a puppy in an animal shelter warned.
Man shares most depressing find at thrift store: "My heart sank"
"I mean you see a mug like that for sale instead of smashed it brings up a few questions," Broderick told Newsweek.
Woman reveals what a "solid gold" German shepherd looks like
Lucy's owner, based in Texas, confirmed she's a full-blood German shepherd.
Man exclusively using the garage and making wife park on the street dragged
The man claimed his wife uses the guest parking spaces, or sometimes has to walk further afield to park.
Joe Biden's presidential pets now on sale as official Christmas ornaments
Joe Biden currently has a cat and a dog, after entering The White House with two German Shepherds.
Woman recalls double owl attack: "Crawled away on my hands and knees"
Kirsten Mathisen told Newsweek: "It was a bit like being punched in the back of the head."
Dog hilariously gets "taste of her own medicine" with toy that barks back
The popular dancing cactus toy mimics whatever it hears, leaving one dog unsure.
Skull of mutilated "vampire" from 1800s reveals what he really looked like
"Of course, J.B. was not a vampire, but he was believed to be undead in his grave," archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni told Newsweek.
"Tight" woman dragged for charging teen grandson $29 a night to stay over
"We did not charge her for staying with us and she made no contribution whilst here," the parent fumed.
Woman who had nose job after fiancé's "beak" remark urged to cancel wedding
"I'm already going to be blaming myself for the fact that I won't have MY nose in pictures," the bride-to-be admitted.
Laughter as mom and dad dress up as famous dead parents for Halloween
The family reference famous deaths from Batman, Harry Potter and Star Wars.
Mom cancelling trip after husband gives tickets to widowed cousin cheered
The mom realized that just two days before they were due to leave, her husband had booked the tickets for his cousin's kids, and not their own.
"Love Goes On": Ukraine church which held soldiers' funerals hosts wedding
"It proved to me that love will always conquer hate and showed me the indomitable will of the Ukrainian people," Jeff Farrell told Newsweek.
Man confronting wife in front of her friends about bad habit applauded
"I've explained to her how dangerous it is coupled with her medical condition to be smoking at all," her husband said.
Kitten who lost her tongue to horrific abuse learns to eat again: 'Messy'
The owners fostered cats with missing limbs, neurological disorders, and extensive skin injuries but "never one with a missing tongue," the owner said.
Incredible X-ray photos reveal animals as you've never seen them before
The artist told Newsweek he finds "traffic victims" that he can X-ray to create the stunning images.
Family reunited with purse lost beneath school floorboards since the 1950s
"It's an excellent time capsule, a buried time capsule, because it's 63 years old or something," the vice president of the League City Historical Society told Newsweek.
Man dumping jobless girlfriend because she sleeps too much sparks debate
"She seems to think it's normal for people to sleep 20 hours a day," her now-ex boyfriend wrote.
Man shares rescue of a 25lb "hunk" of a cat stuck four storys up a tree
"The only difficulty was his size and I couldn't use my typical bagging technique, but he put forth minimal resistance to the scary sack," the rescuer said.
Woman documents growing out the "worst haircut ever known to mankind"
Mary says she's "celebrating every precious inch grown" since the disastrous haircut two years ago.
Woman visits Jeffrey Dahmer's "scary" childhood home where he first killed
Dahmer killed 17 people, keeping mementos and eating parts of his victims.
Horror as man finds five-foot python curled up in the bathroom at 3 a.m.
The carpet python can eat small pets, such as cats and dogs, a snake catcher told Newsweek.
Guest refusing to help bride with childcare after "emergency" injury slated
"She mentioned how we were the only ones that weren't drunk and so she had no one else to ask," the guest admitted.
Mom moaning about cheating ex's 'bitterness' over paying her money dragged
"He's split from you, it's long over and he needs to still pay for you. It's the ultimate meal ticket," one person commented.
Domino's worker cheers up girl after friends bail on her birthday party
A mom was forced to cancel a large pizza order when her daughter's friends were no-shows to her birthday party.
