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Fernando Alfonso III served as an early Reddit and 4chan reporter and the Daily Dot’s first art director until 2016. He’s gone on to report at Lexington’s Herald-Leader and at the Houston Chronicle.

Fernando Alfonso III

Reshaping the news with GIF Hound’s Mike Hayes

Based in Montreal, Kris Holt has been writing about technology and web culture since 2010. He writes for Engadget and Tech News World, and his byline has also appeared in Paste, Salon, International Business Times, Mashable, and elsewhere.

Kris Holt

Jailed student apologizes for racist Fabrice Muamba tweets

Firefighter demoted over racist Facebook rant

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Weebl on Weebl: Web star Jonti Picking reflects on his Internet empire

Kevin Morris is a veteran web reporter and editor who specializes in longform journalism. He led the Daily Dot’s esports vertical and, following its acquisition by GAMURS in late 2016, launched Dot Esports, where he serves as the site’s editor-in-chief.

Kevin Morris

Man with Wikipedia logo for head raises arms as money falls around him

Meet Justin Knapp, the hardest working man on Wikipedia

Twitter users face arrest after soccer player’s rape victim is named

The hardest working man on Wikipedia

This week in Reddit live interviews, fighting homophobia in sports

A former editorial operations specialist and staff writer for the Daily Dot, Jordan Valinsky is a tech reporter and web culture commentator. His work has been published by the Week, Digiday, CNNMoney, Popular Mechanics, Vice, Mic, and Betabeat.

Jordan Valinsky

The story behind BuzzFeed’s wedding proposal

A former senior politics reporter for the Daily Dot, Kevin Collier focuses on privacy, cybersecurity, and issues of importance to the open internet. Since leaving the Daily Dot in March 2016, he has served as a reporter for Vocativ and a cybersecurity correspondent for BuzzFeed.

Kevin Collier

Reddit section called misogynistic

Sparkling Olive Garden review turns elderly columnist into overnight celebrity

Chase Hoffberger reported on YouTube, web culture, and crime for the Daily Dot until 2013, when he joined the Austin Chronicle. Until late 2018, he served as that paper’s news editor and reported on criminal justice and politics.

Chase Hoffberger

The demystification of “Black Twitter”

How Yiying Lu turned Twitter’s Fail Whale into a success story

Lauren Rae Orsini is a web culture reporter who specializes in anime and the business of fandom. Her work has been published by Forbes and Business Insider.

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