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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

Czech scout valiantly defies Neo-Nazi at counter-protest

Lisa Allen

The Peoples Climate March marks Trump’s 100th day with fiery protest

Milo Yiannopoulos’s latest online venture will make lives of progressives ‘a living hell’

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

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Sean Spicer gets the Muppet mashup he deserves

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

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Ted Koppel tells Sean Hannity he’s bad for America, Hannity cries ‘fake edited news’

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

Efe Kerem Sözeri is a Turkish freelance researcher who lives in the Netherlands. After studying political science in Istanbul, he moved to Amsterdam to study migrants&#8217; political behavior. Besides his academic work, he regularly writes on internet freedom and censorship in Turkey.

Efe Kerem Sozeri

Turkish Man with Recep Tayyip Erdogan Phone Case

How bad Googling put a small U.S. town in the middle of a rift between Turkey and the Netherlands

Andrew Couts is the former editor of Layer 8, a section dedicated to the intersection of the Internet and the state—and the gaps in between. Prior to the Daily Dot, Couts served as features editor and features writer for Digital Trends, associate editor of TheWeek.com, and associate editor at Maxim magazine. When he’s not working, Couts can be found hiking with his German shepherds or blasting around on motorcycles.

Andrew Couts

With one tweet, Obama’s half-brother revives birther conspiracy

Entertainment and sports reporter Luke Winkie has written everywhere from A.V Club to Vice, including Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, Kotaku, Playboy, Mel, and Polygon.

Luke Winkie

How YouTube’s China Uncensored is uncovering the country Trump loves to hate

An image of Sarah Jessica Parker's 'Sex and the City' character Carrie Bradshaw with a tweet about the Russian ambassador.

Sarah Jessica Parker’s ‘Sex and the City’ meme gets her a Russian ambassador invite

Amrita Khalid is a technology and politics reporter who specializes in breaking down complex issues into practical, useful terms. A former contributor to CQ, a Congressional news and analysis site, she&#8217;s currently a master&#8217;s candidate in international relations at the University of Leeds.

Amrita Khalid

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Understanding the 25th Amendment, the unlikely path to removing Trump

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

Entertainment

Celebrate Presidents Day with these 10 historic speeches

David Covucci was the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications.

Politics