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Leqi Zhong is a fall intern for the Hi-Res division. Besides writing about business, tech, and the internet, she enjoys road trips and watching sunsets. Leqi graduated from UC Berkeley Journalism in May 2023 and had written for CNN, Palo Alto Daily Post, Berkeleyside, and Oakland North.

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Aon is one of a growing number of companies using AI to screen job applicants. It’s efficient—but are ‘racist, sexist’ systems baked in?

Michael Edison Hayden is a writer from New York. He worked as Sr. Investigative Reporter and Spokesperson for Southern Poverty law Center for five years, focused on far-right extremism. He wrote the first OSINT reporting guide for Columbia University&#8217;s Tow Center and has contributed reporting to publications like The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times, among others.
Michael&#8217;s first book, Strange People on the Hill, will publish in 2026 (Bold Type Books/Hachette).

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Jason Wilson is an investigative reporter based in Portland, Oregon.

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Ahead of ‘Liberation Day,’ Trump makes wild claims to support his tariffs

Ford Sanders is an Independent Journalist and content creator based in Austin, TX. He has built a platform of over 100,000 people who he consistently shares the news, daily vlogs and other content with.
Prior to doing content full time, Ford Sanders joined the KVUE News team in October of 2022 as an on-air reporter/multiskilled journalist.
He is originally from Nashville, Tennessee, and is a graduate of the University of Tennessee Knoxville, where he earned a degree in journalism and electronic media.
Before KVUE News, he was working in Louisville, Kentucky. There, he covered stories ranging from devastating floods across eastern Kentucky to the federal investigation into the Breonna Taylor case involving the indictments of four Louisville Metro Police Department officers.
Prior to his time in Louisville, Ford reported in eastern North Carolina, covering a variety of topics and breaking news across the Innerbanks and Outerbanks.
He also reported for WVLT News in Knoxville, Tennessee, as a digital reporter/content producer while in college. He parted ways with the company when he was offered an internship with CBS News in New York City and CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.
Prior to his time at WVLT News, Ford lived in Prague, Czech Republic, for the summer of 2019 and worked as an international fellow with Transitions Online News and Reuters.
Ford is excited to be in Central Texas and is happy to know it&#8217;s an easy flight away from his hometown in Tennessee.
Here&#8217;s how you can connect with Ford and send him story ideas:
Email: fordsandersnews@gmail.com 
TikTok: @fordsanders 
Twitter: @fordsanderstv 
Instagram: @fordsanders

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Claire Goforth is a lawyer and the investigative editor of the Daily Dot&#8217;s Hi-Res division. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, and more. She regularly appears on radio and in podcasts. Email for booking info.

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Originally from Texas, Douglas Lucas is based in Seattle. When not substitute teaching in public education, and not toiling away in marketing, he&#8217;s a freelance writer/journalist published at Foreign Policy, Vice, Salon, WhoWhatWhy, the Texas Observer, and several others.

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‘That’s the last footage we have of him’: 14 people disappeared on Lady Bird Lake. Now Austin’s convinced it’s the Rainey Street Ripper

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