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Was Jeremy Hammond’s Stratfor hack an act of civil disobedience?

Culture

Tumblr’s mental health community is empathetic, hilarious, and thriving

Jennifer Abel was an early contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s web culture coverage. Her work has appeared in Mashable, Salon, Playboy, the Guardian, and elsewhere.

Jennifer Abel

Photographer’s Wait Watchers series turns the gaze back on fat shaming

Michelle Jaworski was a staff writer and TV/film critic at the Daily Dot. She covers entertainment, geek culture, and pop culture and has covered everything from the Sundance Film Festival, NYFF, and Tribeca to New York Comic Con and Con of Thrones. She is based in Brooklyn.

Michelle Jaworski

Cosmic karma: Astronaut upvotes from space

Fidel Martinez is a web culture and politics reporter. His work for the Daily Dot focused on Reddit and YouTube.

Fidel Martinez

Hope from nope: Chronicling 100 days of rejection therapy

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

NRA bombarded on Facebook and Twitter after Conn. shooting

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

12 Days of Etsy: 8-bit heroes for the holidays

Dad settles with copyright group that seized daughter’s laptop

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

Manchester United star: Soccer needs a “gay hero”

Unclick

The great Fieri-Wells Internet flame war

Faulty ATM goes viral in Scotland

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

Chinese Twitter user detained for joke

Teen denied Communion after marriage equality Facebook post

Civilian crime fighter knocks out disorderly man—as cops watch

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.

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