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Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

‘Capitalism’: Viral TikTok shows customers standing in floodwater to finish paying at NYC comedy club (updated)

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

‘Nice dystopia you got there’: Grubhub worker spotted delivering food amid NYC floods sparks outrage

Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration and mental health, and will sometimes write about memes and dinosaurs too. Her work also appears in Reuters, NPR, and NBC among other publications. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for SAJA awards.

Samira Sadeque

‘Legend’: Viral TikTok shows man roller skating away from the cops

Jennifer Xia is a former editorial intern for the Daily Dot and journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin. She has interned previously at Austin Monthly and Austin Woman magazines.

Jennifer Xia

Two panel picture. On the left is a male mechanic with no hair and glasses. On the right is a female mechanic taking a picture in the mirror.

‘This is a man’s world’: Female mechanic exposes workplace discrimination in viral TikTok

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

‘BESTIES THE PLAN WORKED’: TikToker’s trick to getting out of jury duty seemingly works, goes viral (updated)

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

Nahila Bonfiglio

‘What’s sad is people think this sh*t is cool’: Video shows people allegedly pushing Airbnb host into his own pool after he asks them to shut party down

white man staring at Black family while they eat

‘They just don’t want to see us happy’: White man stares at Black family enjoying a meal in viral TikTok

Paramedic simulates the scary ‘last interaction’ many COVID patients have

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

‘The noise of this car drives me nuts’: Karen questions if TikToker’s car is ‘street legal’ in viral video

Kathryn Cardin is a Missouri-born writer and editor who currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. She enjoys cooking, and her dog and cat enjoy when she spills.

Kathryn Cardin

‘Call the police’: Neighbor points security camera into TikToker’s home

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

Man walking across a street wearing a jersey that says "Are You 18?"

‘Why would you wear something like this?’: Man flamed for ‘Are You 18?’ shirt on TikTok

Kahron Spearman is a journalist, copywriter, and host of “Discovery with Kahron Spearman” on KAZI 88.7.

Kahron Spearman

‘Like what is she recording? He’s literally just chilling’: Nosy Karen films Black man who is on his iPad

young woman with caption "when a large table is rude to you, runs you back and forth, and keeps asking for sh*t" (L) woman pressing "Large Party/Auto Grat (20%)" button on screen (R)

Server reveals what she does to large tables that are ‘rude’ and ‘keep asking for sh*t’ in viral TikTok, sparking debate

‘I am ghosting’: Woman shares video of ‘red flag’ when date is dropping her off at home

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

A TikTok shows a Verizon Wireless employee speaking with a customer about slavery and human trafficking over the phone.

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