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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

Unclick

Scumbag President vs. Completely Wrong: The 2012 election in memes

Daily Dot Contributor

Entertainment

Don’t panic! Calming Manatees are here to help

Justin Franz is a Montana-based reporter and photographer who wrote about web culture for the Daily Dot. His work has more recently appeared in Flathead Living Magazine, Trains Magazine, and Travel + Leisure.

Justin Franz

Maine Memes page strives to outrank state’s leading politicians

Taking back the Idiot Nerd Girl meme

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

Inside MemeFactory—where Web humor becomes performance art

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

5 essential tips for making money on Twitter

Ermahgerd app helps you talk like Gersberms Girl

Overly Attached Boyfriend speaks!

6 of Brazil’s weirdest and funniest memes

Politically Correct Redneck tries to be sensitive, fails miserably

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.

Lauren Rae Orsini

Scumbag Steve speaks: “Everybody does pull scumbag moves”

The animated history of the GIF, the internet’s favorite format

No Me Gusta: Illustrator Matt Oswald apologizes to the Internet

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

College Freshman meme guy morphs to Successful College Senior—in spite of himself

Memes