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A former senior politics reporter for the Daily Dot, Kevin Collier focuses on privacy, cybersecurity, and issues of importance to the open internet. Since leaving the Daily Dot in March 2016, he has served as a reporter for Vocativ and a cybersecurity correspondent for BuzzFeed.

Kevin Collier

Reddit section called misogynistic

Fernando Alfonso III served as an early Reddit and 4chan reporter and the Daily Dot’s first art director until 2016. He’s gone on to report at Lexington’s Herald-Leader and at the Houston Chronicle.

Fernando Alfonso III

Sparkling Olive Garden review turns elderly columnist into overnight celebrity

Chase Hoffberger reported on YouTube, web culture, and crime for the Daily Dot until 2013, when he joined the Austin Chronicle. Until late 2018, he served as that paper’s news editor and reported on criminal justice and politics.

Chase Hoffberger

The demystification of “Black Twitter”

How Yiying Lu turned Twitter’s Fail Whale into a success story

Lauren Rae Orsini is a web culture reporter who specializes in anime and the business of fandom. Her work has been published by Forbes and Business Insider.

Lauren Rae Orsini

Culture

How novelist Justine Musk builds a fictional world on Pinterest

Fancy just might be the Pinterest for the 1%

Floyd Mayweather, Spike Lee, and America’s misunderstood #linsanity

Saudi journalist’s tweets yield death threats

The download on uploaders

PayPal instructs buyer to destroy valuable violin

Austin Powell is the former managing editor of the Daily Dot. His work focuses on the intersection of entertainment and technology. He previously served as a music columnist for the Austin Chronicle and is the co-author of The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology.

Austin Powell

Facebook blamed for 1 in 3 UK divorces

How a Twitter user potentially caused a mistrial for a death-row inmate

Kevin Morris is a veteran web reporter and editor who specializes in longform journalism. He led the Daily Dot’s esports vertical and, following its acquisition by GAMURS in late 2016, launched Dot Esports, where he serves as the site’s editor-in-chief.

Kevin Morris

Reddit atheists do “Good without God”

Ailing three-year-old ‘s family raises $50,000 after Reddit post

Dave Copeland is a tech reporter whose work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and ReadWrite. He teaches journalism at Bridgewater State University.