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Jeff Umbro is the founder of Podglomerate, a New York-based entertainment company that creates, curates, and distributes podcasts. He’s also the host of Writers Who Don’t Write, a podcast about writing. Find more at www.jeffumbro.com or tweet him @JeffUmbro.

Jeff Umbro

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How ‘Adventure Zone’ became the best-ever podcast about Dungeons and Dragons

Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.

Samantha Grasso

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Brother gets his sister’s phone back by pranking the heck out of thief

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.

Jay Hathaway

Poo-inducing sugar-free gummy bears lead to inter-office legal threat

Socialist Juggalos gear up to fight pro-Trump ‘Nazis,’ and the internet is loving it

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested.

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Why comics fans are horrified—and unsurprised—Marvel’s Hydra logo showed up in Charlottesville

Ana Valens is a reporter specializing in online queer communities, marginalized identities, and adult content creation. Her work has appeared at Vice, Vox, Truthout, Bitch Media, Kill Screen, Rolling Stone, and the Toast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and spends her free time developing queer adult games.

Ana Valens

Daily Mail, Bored Panda condemned by trans activists for posting transition photos for clicks

Phillip Tracy is a former technology staff writer at the Daily Dot. He&#8217;s an expert on smartphones, social media trends, and gadgets. He previously reported on IoT and telecom for RCR Wireless News and contributed to NewBay Media magazine. He now writes for Laptop magazine.

Phillip Tracy

Finally, an emoji app for the *Italian chef kiss* reaction

Macklemore denounces his old haircut after neo-Nazis widely adopt it

David Britton is a writer and comedian based in Rhinebeck, New York who focuses on internet culture, memes, and viral news stories. He also writes for the Hard Times and is the creator of StoriesAboutWizards.com.

David Britton

Can you find the dog hidden in this photo?

Jessica Machado is the former IRL editor of the Daily Dot. Previously, she was an associate editor at Rolling Stone. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Elle, Vice, Salon, BuzzFeed, Guernica, Bitch, Bust, the Cut, the Awl, the Toast, among others.

Jessica Machado

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The problem with viral ‘sassy’ kid videos

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Robbie Rotten actor Stefan Karl Stefánsson is cancer-free for now

Peter Nowak is a technology reporter whose work has appeared in the Globe and Mail and the CBC. He was the 2009 recipient of the Excellence in Science and Technology Reporting award from the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance. Nowak lives in Toronto and is the author of two books, including Humans 3.0: The Upgrading of the Species.

Peter Nowak

Lego brings Minecraft to real life with the Lego Minecraft Mountain Cave

Elijah Watson is an internet culture and entertainment reporter. His work has been published by the Daily Beast, Vice, Complex, Bustle, Uproxx, and Okayplayer.

Elijah Watson

9 facts about the Kappa meme, the internet’s trolliest face

Kristen Hubby is a tech and lifestyle reporter. Her work has also appeared in Austin Monthly and the Austin American-Statesman, where she covered local news and the dining scene in Austin, Texas.