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Kathleen is a Honolulu-based freelance writer, editor and communications strategist who has been published by the New York Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Hana Hou!, and more. She&#8217;s worked in the communication departments at the Honolulu Museum of Art, ACLU of Hawaii and Hawaii Community Foundation. When she&#8217;s not writing, she can be found in the ocean, walking her rescue poi dog or oil painting.

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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.

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‘Day 1 of being homeless Amazon worker till I’m up’: TikToker documents his day as an Amazon worker experiencing homelessness in viral TikTok

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‘The incident went viral, that’s what cost my job’: Amazon worker fired after woman spotted leaving back of delivery van in viral TikTok (updated)

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

‘This why my packages always late’: Viral TikTok shows woman in the back of Amazon worker’s truck, sparking speculation

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Claire Goforth

‘Stalky AF’: Amazon to let people send gifts with just an email address or phone number

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

Amazon Delivery worker delivering over 300 packages to one house

‘The day I quit Amazon deliveries’: Viral TikTok shows Amazon driver delivering ‘314 heavy packages’ to a single customer

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

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Amazon driver caught throwing packages aggressively, dinging car with delivery truck in viral TikTok (updated)

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

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A ‘White Supremacy’ book keeps sitting on top of coffee tables listed on Amazon

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.

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‘He don’t get paid enough for that’: Viral TikTok allegedly shows Amazon driver making deliveries while there is a ‘literal tornado outside’

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‘That next day delivery ain’t no joke’: Viral TikTok shows Amazon truck driving off highway to get out of traffic jam (updated)

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That bizarre viral Amazon ‘ad’ on TikTok isn’t official, Amazon says

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