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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

gavel on red blob with "r/nonewnormal has been banned from Reddit. This subreddit was banned due to a violation of Reddit's content policy against promoting community interference."

Reddit responds to sitewide blackout by restricting over 50 communities pushing COVID disinformation

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

Brooke Sjoberg

‘BESTIES THE PLAN WORKED’: TikToker’s trick to getting out of jury duty seemingly works, goes viral (updated)

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

‘What’s sad is people think this sh*t is cool’: Video shows people allegedly pushing Airbnb host into his own pool after he asks them to shut party down

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

Man claims his workplace puts plastic and paper in pig feed

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‘Plastic and all, don’t even matter’: TikToker exposes how pig feed is made

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

Cecilia Lenzen

Video: Woman jumps on top of man’s car—gets served instant karma

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

man holds up bag of soup (l) man cuts top off bag of soup (c) man pours soup into container (r) all with caption "panera soup"

‘Panera is expensive hospital food’: Panera worker puts the soup on blast in viral TikTok

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‘They just don’t want to see us happy’: White man stares at Black family enjoying a meal in viral TikTok

Paramedic simulates the scary ‘last interaction’ many COVID patients have

‘He don’t get paid enough for that’: Viral TikTok allegedly shows Amazon driver making deliveries while there is a ‘literal tornado outside’

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

TikToker films divorcing parents discussing COVID, sparking debate over families divided by the pandemic

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

‘The noise of this car drives me nuts’: Karen questions if TikToker’s car is ‘street legal’ in viral video

Kathryn Cardin is a Missouri-born writer and editor who currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. She enjoys cooking, and her dog and cat enjoy when she spills.

Kathryn Cardin

‘Call the police’: Neighbor points security camera into TikToker’s home

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

Tim Pool riles up conspiratorial fans after sharing days-old story on COVID vaccine truck crash

Man walking across a street wearing a jersey that says "Are You 18?"

‘Why would you wear something like this?’: Man flamed for ‘Are You 18?’ shirt on TikTok

r/startrek post "r/StarTrek is private until the Reddit adminstration removes r/NoNewNormal and other vaccine misinformation subreddits from Reddit. We cannot remain open and also keep our consciences clear. We encourage users of all subreddits to petition your moderators to do the same. See https://redd.it/pbe8nj for more information. The moderators of r/startrek have set this community to private. Onlly approved members can view and take part in its discussions."

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