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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

white teens mockingly re-enact George Floyd's murder

The ‘George Floyd challenge’ is here, and it sucks

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

Mikael Thalen

The Botnet social network simulator makes you famous among millions of bots

Be an influencer on this app, where a million bots are designed to hype you up

Libby Cohen is a third-year University of Texas student originally from New Jersey. She has written for ORANGE Magazine, the Daily Texan, and most recently interned for 1010 WINS in NYC. She&#8217;s now back in Austin writing for the Texas Standard and the Daily Dot.

Libby Cohen

How to keep your social media from being hacked

A former New York Teaching Fellow, her writing has been featured in Reductress, Rolling Stone, Mic, Someecards, and more.

Nayomi Reghay

woman looking at social media on her phone

Swipe This! My boyfriend’s mom is stalking me on social media

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 is TikTok famous club, and can you trust it?

Collyn Burke is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. She previously interned for the Daily Dot&#8217;s editorial team and Two Girls One Podcast. Her work has appeared in the Daily Texan and the Texas Observer.

Collyn Burke

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TikTok admits to hiding content made by fat, LGBTQ, and disabled users

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, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

CupcakKe’s month-long ‘water fast’ has fans concerned

What is ‘TikTok including Musical.ly’?

Brenden Gallagher is a politics reporter and cultural commentator. His work has been published by Motherboard, Complex, and VH1. He’s the co-founder of Beer Money Films, an indie production company. Based in Los Angeles, he works in television drama as a writers assistant.

Brenden Gallagher

Gradient is the new celebrity look-alike app winning over influencers

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

Brooke Sjoberg

Still not entirely sure what VSCO is? We can help

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

A photo of Tyler Fach seen next to screenshot of video where he's attacking Khasseen Morris

Teens recorded, shared videos of mall fight that ended in fatal stabbing

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.

David Covucci

Trump declares a winner in social media summit fight

4chan’s new troll campaign aims to make the hashtag a white supremacist symbol

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

Eilish O’Sullivan

Nick Bosa scrubs problematic social media activity ahead of NFL Draft.

Top NFL draft pick Nick Bosa scrubs racist, homophobic social media activity

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

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