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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

Malachi Hemphill 13 shooting Instagram Lv

Teen accidentally kills himself on Instagram Live

Anastassia Gliadkovskaya is a lifestyle and politics reporter. Her work has been published by Empire State Tribune and Urban Watch magazine.

Anastassia Gliadkovskaya

Soldier takes his model boyfriend to Army prom—and the internet is all about it

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

Rachel Dolezal in an interview with Salon.

Rachel Dolezal says transgender people face less prejudice than she does as ‘transracial’

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

Amy Bleuel, founder of the mental health nonprofit Project Semicolon, has died

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

Uber driver delivers another woman to her boyfriend

Uber driver tells epic Twitter tale about picking up her boyfriend’s mistress

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

Netflix children’s series ‘Julie’s Greenroom’ includes gender-neutral character

Cash Me Ousside meme teen Danielle Bregoli is seen fighting with her mom in a leaked video.

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‘Cash Me Ousside’ teen beaten by mother in leaked video

Winona Dimeo-Ediger was a Daily Dot contributor whose byline has also appeared in Rolling Stone, NPR, the TED Blog, and Ravishly.

Winona Dimeo-Ediger

Planned Parenthood federal funding: A Planned Parenthood protest sign

How does federal funding for Planned Parenthood actually work?

Josh Katzowitz is a former staff writer at the Daily Dot specializing in YouTube and boxing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A longtime sports writer, he&#8217;s covered the NFL for CBSSports.com and boxing for Forbes. His work has been noted twice in the Best American Sports Writing book series.

Josh Katzowitz

Donations for Meals on Wheels skyrocket since Trump budget cut funding

Laura Moy

Want to reduce Chicago gun violence? Fund community programs, not police surveillance.

Dell Cameron was a reporter at the Daily Dot who covered security and politics. In 2015, he revealed the existence of an American hacker on the U.S. government&#8217;s terrorist watchlist. He is a co-author of the Sabu Files, an award-nominated investigation into the FBI&#8217;s use of cyber-informants. He became a staff writer at Gizmodo in 2017.

Dell Cameron

Missouri sheriff’s office leaked audio of police informants and victims after ransomware attack

Trump supporters ask to #BoycottHawaii—and it spectacularly backfires

Daily Dot Contributor

This teen turned her anxiety into an Instagram slime empire

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.

Kristen Hubby

10 influential women to celebrate for Women’s History Month

Chris Tognotti is a news and current events writer based out of Berkeley, California, and a co-host of the podcast Now We Know. While he specializes in domestic politics and opinion writing, he’s also savvy on sports, video games, and film.

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