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

Tricia Crimmins

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‘I’m being harassed’: TikToker says she was kicked off Alaska Airlines flight for wearing crop top

Jillian Price is a former editorial intern for the Daily Dot and current journalism graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin. She previously wrote for Reporting Texas, UT Austin&#8217;s School of Journalism online publication.

Jillian Price

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‘That was fake’: TikToker films woman allegedly faking injuries after trying to block car with her body

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 hope this works’: TikToker joins Satanic Temple to get a religious exemption for school’s piercing policy

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Without live performances, musicians rely on streaming services to stay afloat

TikToker films now-ex-boyfriend ‘hardcore checking out’ another girl right in front of her

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

‘Don’t come into our house without letting us know’: TikToker captures landlord allegedly trying to get into home through basement (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

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‘How does it feel to have the dream proposal?’: TikToker’s boyfriend proposes with a blooming onion

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

‘Utter AUDACITY‘: Viral video shows stepmom blowing out stepdaughter’s birthday candles, sparking outrage (updated)

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

Man claims his workplace puts plastic and paper in pig feed

‘Plastic and all, don’t even matter’: TikToker exposes how pig feed is made

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

Cecilia Lenzen

Video: Woman jumps on top of man’s car—gets served instant karma

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

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‘Panera is expensive hospital food’: Panera worker puts the soup on blast in viral TikTok

TikToker films divorcing parents discussing COVID, sparking debate over families divided by the pandemic

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

‘They sure got a show’: Male Karen screams at drive-in movie worker in viral video

‘Most entitled vid I have ever witnessed’: TikToker accused of lying and ‘guilt tripping’ to get people to pre-save her music

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.