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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.
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He’s one of the most famous ‘diagnosed narcissists’ online. But are narcissist influencers shining light on a misunderstood disorder or simply feeding their narcissism?

Natasha Dubash is a freelance writer and editor based in Los Angeles. She loves reporting on entertainment, television, and pop culture.

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‘I was literally one of the best ranked employees’: Ex-Chick-fil-A worker shares why she got ‘wrongfully fired’ after 3 years

Eilish O’Sullivan is the Daily Dot&#8217;s associate managing editor. Her work has appeared in Mashed, the Austin Chronicle, and the Daily Texan.

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TikToker shows how his dog helps with differentiating between reality and hallucinations

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‘I genuinely believe in that moment that I’m talking to another person’: Man with schizophrenia shows how his service dog lets him know he’s hallucinating

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

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‘Not a Karen at all’: Woman confuses TikToker’s car as her ride in Lowe’s parking lot

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, Playboy, and elsewhere.

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police make jokes before killing a schizophrenic man

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Footage shows police making jokes as they were killing a schizophrenic man

Ana Valens is a reporter specializing in online queer communities, marginalized identities, and adult content creation. She is a former Daily Dot staff writer, current contributing reporter. 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.

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

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He’s one of the most famous ‘diagnosed narcissists’ online. But are narcissist influencers shining light on a misunderstood disorder or simply feeding their narcissism?

‘I was literally one of the best ranked employees’: Ex-Chick-fil-A worker shares why she got ‘wrongfully fired’ after 3 years

‘I genuinely believe in that moment that I’m talking to another person’: Man with schizophrenia shows how his service dog lets him know he’s hallucinating

‘Not a Karen at all’: Woman confuses TikToker’s car as her ride in Lowe’s parking lot

Footage shows police making jokes as they were killing a schizophrenic man

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