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Eric Levai hosts and produces the podcast &#8220;Counter Intelligence.&#8221; He is a national security journalist based in California.

Eric Levai

anti-vax protesters outside of glass doors

How anti-vax protesters caused chaos as Los Angeles voted to mandate vaccines for students

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

Footage from a school board meeting in Leander, TX shows a white woman repeatedly saying the n-word.

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Karen repeatedly says N-word while reciting N.W.A.’s ‘F*ck The Police’ at school board meeting

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

woman standing in alley (l) couple approaching woman from truck (r)

‘Lady tried to kidnap my nephew’: Woman harasses Airbnb tenants in viral TikTok

Samantha Shaps is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and a contributor for the Daily Dot.

Samantha Shaps

‘Gets an Uber and still got pulled over’: TikToker films Uber driver seemingly undergoing sobriety test

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

‘I’ve had a lot of Taco Bell in my life’: TikToker shuts down argument that vaccines are harmful to fertility by showing Taco Bell’s ‘reproductive harm’ warning label

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

Nahila Bonfiglio

‘The day I see this would be the last day I ever cook for him’: TikToker finds video of her boyfriend roasting her cooking

Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration and mental health, and will sometimes write about memes and dinosaurs too. Her work also appears in Reuters, NPR, and NBC among other publications. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for SAJA awards.

Samira Sadeque

Katie Powell documented two Marshalls employees following them around the store

‘They’re making it so obvious’: Black TikToker films Marshalls workers ‘following’ her around store

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

person preparing churros with sugar and syrup

‘Disneyland actually brainwashes you’: TikToker shares wild theory about how Disneyland gets you to buy churros

TikToker shares apparent ‘life hack’ to getting discounts on groceries when in self-checkout

Christina Haberkern shared a video with her book from a Paper Source store

‘They have $20,000 that they owe me’: TikToker accuses Paper Source of stealing from her small business

Cecilia Lenzen is a former freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

‘Has to get old’: Ben Affleck ignores fan’s greeting in viral TikTok, sparking debate

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

Couple arguing after running over TikToker's dog

‘Y’all ran my dog over!‘: Karen couple runs into TikToker’s dog with scooter in viral TikTok

Colleen Cronin is a former FOIA intern for the Daily Dot. She previously worked at People magazine and the Cape Cod Times.

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