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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

young girl standing barefoot on sidewalk with caption "me & my family kicked out of the shelter due to a positive covid test" (l) people carrying garbage bags (r)

TikToker says her family was kicked out of homeless shelter over positive COVID test, sparking debate

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

Brooke Sjoberg

package of meat being lifted out of water (l) chipotle worker breaking up meat in a tray (m) tray of barbacoa (r)

Unclick

‘Y’all eating glorified Taco Bell’: Chipotle worker shows how barbacoa is prepared in viral video, sparking debate

Linda Hamilton has words published at ORANGE Magazine and appeared on Texas Student Television.

Linda Hamilton

screengrab of ole miss livecam page with caption "When he says he's getting dinner but acting distant so you check the live cams and watch him buy another girls Cane's" (l) people at food counter (r)

‘When he says he’s getting dinner but acting distant’: TikToker catches boyfriend at Raising Cane’s with another woman via campus live cam

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

Tricia Crimmins

woman pretending to drive (l) woman looking over her shoulder, horrified (r) both with caption "when you decide to stay in on a friday, drive for uber and your man gets in the back seat with another girl"

‘This would be my villain origin story’: Uber driver says she got a ride request from her ‘man’ and another woman

young woman in sweater (l) domino's pizza "survivor" driver edition - delivery drivers have a chance to win $10,000

‘Pay your employees living wages’: TikToker calls out Domino’s for ‘Survivor’ challenge encouraging drivers to work 60 days straight

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

Cecilia Lenzen

piece of paper in drive-thru window that reads "We're out of receipt paper due to supplier shortage." (l) KFC sign that reads "If you don't get a receipt with your order, your meal is free!"

‘Infinite food glitch’: Viral TikTok shows KFC offers free meals for orders without receipt—and drive-thru is out of receipt paper

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.

Alexandra Samuels

TikToker says bad car from Carvana led to permanent kidney damage

young woman (l) voicemail transcript "Yes Miss Jones I recommend if oyu apply for a job and you expect somebody to call you that you have a more appropriate a response on your route voicemail so thank you for applying and no need to give us" and caption "the time I didn't get hired because of my voicemail" (r)

‘You dodged a bullet. That guy has 0 personality’: TikToker says she didn’t get job because of her voicemail greeting, sparking debate

Claire Goforth is a lawyer and investigative editor. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, and more. She regularly appears on radio and in podcasts. Email for booking info.

Claire Goforth

patriot front logo over background of people marching with nazi, confederate and gadsden flags

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked document reveals Patriot Front’s barhopping, neo-Nazi-filled, fact-finding mission through Europe

Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

young woman in car eating snack with caption "minding my business eating snacks" (l) man near car with caption "this guy came out of nowhere this is where the viewer said something might have been put in the car" (c) police surrounding car with caption "start of lights in my face" (r)

‘Minding her business, about to take down a whole police force’: People think TikToker accidentally captured cops ‘planting evidence’ in car in viral video

young woman on couch with phone and laptop, captioned "When you lose health insurance and can't buy your meds because they are $100 a MONTH for self pay." and "$18,023.40"

‘Our healthcare system is a crime against humanity’: TikToker finds out her medicine is going to cost 18K for a month’s supply in viral video, sparking outrage (updated)

Kathleen is a Honolulu-based freelance writer, editor and communications strategist who has been published by the New York Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Hana Hou!, and more. She&#8217;s worked in the communication departments at the Honolulu Museum of Art, ACLU of Hawaii and Hawaii Community Foundation. When she&#8217;s not writing, she can be found in the ocean, walking her rescue poi dog or oil painting.

Kathleen Wong

Man berates fast-food manager in drive-thru.

‘You’re an idiot, I hope you get fired’: Man berates drive-thru manager over discounts in viral TikTok

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

goodwill employee handling shoes and carrying them to a bin

‘Only people that benefit from that store are the workers’: Goodwill worker blasted for sorting out Off-White sneakers 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

dominos managers playing video games (l) computer screen showing late deliveries (m) dominos worker standing around (r)

Domino’s worker says they were fired after exposing managers for ‘playing video games while it’s busy’ in viral TikTok

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Scoops