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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

Uber driver harassed by three anti-mask female passengers

People are outraged Uber initially only offered $20 to driver who was attacked by passengers in viral video

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

Samantha Shaps

TikTok vigilante exposes white woman for using the N-word while singing Tupac song

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

Video shows white man in brunch restaurant yelling racist slurs at Black customer, throwing hot coffee on employee

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

Gun store owner refusing service to couple over Black Lives Matter masks

Video shows gun store owner kicking out customer for wearing Black Lives Matter face mask (updated)

Walmart is selling stolen prints from an independent Black artist

Black artist says Walmart is selling her Nipsey Hussle painting it stole off Twitter

‘I hope you get eaten by an alligator’: Anti-masker kicked off plane after emergency landing

Jessica Breaux seen in argument with Tony Ly

A boba shop got review-bombed after a customer claimed the owner threw a drink on her and her child—but a video shows otherwise (updated)

Bryan Rolli is a reporter who specializes in streaming entertainment. He writes about music and film for Forbes, Billboard, and the Austin American-Statesman. He met Flavor Flav in two separate Las Vegas bowling alleys and still can’t stop talking about it.

Bryan Rolli

Video shows cop repeatedly punching man in the face as 3 others pin him down

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

TikTok in Denton apartment complex shows people screaming as power goes out

These TikToks show why people in the South without power aren’t overreacting

Eilish O’Sullivan was the Daily Dot&#8217;s associate managing editor. Her work has appeared in Mashed, the Austin Chronicle, and the Daily Texan.

Eilish O’Sullivan

sink at papa john's, papa john's employee, and a portable heater at papa john's

‘I haven’t been able to wash my hands‘: Papa John’s worker says he was fired for refusing to work without running water (updated)

Video: Cop plays ‘Santeria’ by Sublime while activist tries to request bodycam footage

raymond weber allegedly killed teen woman instagram live

YouTube reportedly struggled to take down video featuring double homicide aftermath

Video shows creepy moving figure behind TikToker who insists she was ‘home alone’

Michelle Brandabur is a former intern at the Daily Dot and a student at Boston University. Her work has been featured in the Somerville Journal, Capital Public Radio, and WTBU Radio.

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