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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

Entertainment

YouTube right now! Pleated-Jeans’ “Better Names for Things”

Daily Dot Contributor

4chan wants Taylor Swift to perform at a school for the deaf

A “Breaking Bad” GIF guide to meth dealers

YouTube—where fathers get praised for acting like children

Sherlock showrunner’s Twitter tease confounds fans

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’s Forthewolfx to the Daily Dot: “I’ve been awesome”

NASA’s Mars Curiosity team delivers the week’s most popular Reddit AMA

YouTube right now! Amazing Curiosity Mars Rover landing footage

Jennifer Abel was an early contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s web culture coverage. Her work has appeared in Mashable, Salon, Playboy, the Guardian, and elsewhere.

Jennifer Abel

Netflix angers users with ‘mockbusters’ including ‘Chop Kick Panda’

YouTube right now! HyunA takes on “Gangnam Style”

BioWare responds to My Little Pony fanart controversy

YouTube’s Philip DeFranco braves dangerous new waters for Shark Week

7 awesome GIFs for Shark Week

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 Gregory Brothers—Auto-Tuning the pulse of the nation

Blue crystal candy receives “Breaking Bad”-inspired Amazon reviews