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Samantha Shaps is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and a contributor for the Daily Dot.

Samantha Shaps

‘Gets an Uber and still got pulled over’: TikToker films Uber driver seemingly undergoing sobriety test

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

Katie Powell documented two Marshalls employees following them around the store

‘They’re making it so obvious’: Black TikToker films Marshalls workers ‘following’ her around store

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

Tricia Crimmins

The Satanic Temple demands access to abortion pills under religious exemption in viral letter

A Black man was cornered and arrested by Michigan police as he was leaving his workplace

Police mistake Black man for robbery suspect, arrest him despite bystander protests in viral video

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

Brooke Sjoberg

‘I’m a cameraman out here working’: Male Karen harasses and blocks photographer in viral TikTok

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

tiktok viral video shopflifter left by getaway driver

‘This her villain origin story’: Viral TikTok shows shoplifter abandoned by getaway driver (updated)

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 image. Left panel shows white woman beside her white car. Right panel shows TikToker with braids holding her hand to her face.

‘They always say Black like it’s an insult’: TikToker says Karen nearly hit her car then called her ‘Black b*tch’

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

‘Do y’all think he’ll be mad’: TikToker says her boyfriend doesn’t know she’s his landlord, dividing viewers

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

‘Everybody gangsta till somebody gets run over and killed’: YouTuber drives Tesla into building in viral video, sparking outrage

Landis Wiedner is a Chicago-based writer and editor for Living Well With Epilepsy. She has written for NBCThink, the Independent, Wired and is finishing her funny memoir, &#8220;My Brain Tumor’s Boyfriend.&#8221;

Landis Wiedner

woman goes out into storm with umbrella, "when you accidentally go on a first date in a hurricane because you feel bad canceling last minute and he wants to go, remnants of hurricane ida

‘No man on Earth has ever made a woman this wet’: TikToker goes on first date despite major flooding

‘You people disgust me’: Spirit Airlines employee shares piles of trash left on flight in viral TikTok

A man yells at people who have BLM and pride signs.

‘This guy is on his way to a heart attack’: TikToker says male Karen had public meltdown over BLM and Pride signs

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

Kahron Spearman

USPS truck pushes car through flooded street

‘The Amazon truck could never’: Viral TikTok shows USPS truck pushing car out of floodwaters

Cecilia Lenzen is a former freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

‘Why would I give you a job?’: TikToker quits $100K salary job, begs Logan Paul to hire him—and cries when it doesn’t work

@exterminatorking, furniture infested with bed bugs

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