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Josh Katzowitz is a former staff writer at the Daily Dot specializing in YouTube and boxing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A longtime sports writer, he&#8217;s covered the NFL for CBSSports.com and boxing for Forbes. His work has been noted twice in the Best American Sports Writing book series.

Josh Katzowitz

Showtime thinks the future of boxing is digital

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

Fyre Festival pitch materials show the limitations of the ‘influencer’

10 fascinating facts about Marcel the Shell

Nico Lang is an essayist, movie critic, and reporter who specializes in the intersection of politics and LGBTQ issues. His work has been featured in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, Jezebel, Esquire, and BuzzFeed, among other notable publications.

Nico Lang

Aaron Hernandez proves we have no idea how to talk about bisexuality

Eddie Strait is a member of the Austin Film Critic Association. His reviews focus primarily on streaming entertainment, with an emphasis on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and other on-demand services.

Eddie Strait

BBC crime drama ‘Thirteen’ hits Amazon—and it’s as dreary as the U.K.

Christine Friar is a writer and editor in New York who focuses on streaming entertainment and internet culture. Her work has appeared in the Awl, the Fader, New York Magazine, Paper Magazine, Vogue, Elle, and more.

Christine Friar

Listen to Tyler the Creator’s theme song for Bill Nye’s new Netflix series

Ramon Ramirez was the managing editor and, formerly, the Dot&#8217;s news director, entertainment editor, and evening editor. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Grantland, Washington City Paper, Austin American-Statesman, and Austin Monitor.

Ramon Ramirez

Kendrick Lamar on stage with a microphone, DAMN.

On ‘DAMN.,’ Kendrick Lamar overloads us—and almost makes a classic album

David Wharton is a journalist and film critic with over 15 years of experience. He lives in Texas, where he works as the online editor of DSNews.com

David Wharton

Netflix’s ‘Slam’ is a charming, funny portrayal of teen romance—and the perils thereof

Carly Lanning is a journalist who covers social media. Her work has been published by Psychology Today, NBC, Thrillist, and Ms. Magazine.

Carly Lanning

#WCW Regan Perusse will make you fall in love with books again

Netflix’s paranormal Belgian drama ‘Hotel Beau Séjour’ only looks like prestige TV

Stephen King compares Donald Trump to 2 of his famous book characters

This WWE webseries is about a fake 1980s promotion that can’t do anything right

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

Kahron Spearman

‘The Daily Show’ is working on a Trump Presidential Twitter Library

Jay Hathaway is a former senior writer who specialized in internet memes and weird online culture. He previously served as the Daily Dot’s news editor, was a staff writer at Gawker, and edited the classic websites Urlesque and Download Squad. His work has also appeared on nymag.com, suicidegirls.com, and the Morning News.

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