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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested.

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

Brooke Sjoberg

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‘As if he had a choice’: Viral TikTok shows Amazon driver delivering packages in neighborhood destroyed by tornado (updated)

Jennifer Xia is a former editorial intern for the Daily Dot and journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin. She has interned previously at Austin Monthly and Austin Woman magazines.

Jennifer Xia

Screenshots from a TikTok of a former Abercrombie & Fitch model exposing the secrets and labor practices of the company

Former Abercrombie & Fitch worker exposes brand’s past labor practices in viral TikTok (updated)

Daysia Tolentino was the editor of the Daily Dot&#8217;s creator economy newsletter, Passionfruit. Her work has appeared in Vulture, Bustle, InStyle, and Study Hall.

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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.

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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

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‘I haven’t been able to wash my hands‘: Papa John’s worker says he was fired for refusing to work without running water (updated)

Colleen Hagerty is a multimedia journalist based in Los Angeles. Her work reflects how global communities are reckoning with our changing climate, social dynamics, technologies, and politics. You can find her bylines across BBC News and on outlets including Vox, OneZero, The Lily, US News &amp; World Report, and Marie Claire.

Colleen Hagerty

Creative freelancers ditch Working Not Working over fears Fiverr will destroy it

Single mom fired from server job after posting video of maskless governor (updated)

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

Hilton worker says he was fired for viral TikTok videos about the hotel (updated)

37 Buffalo Exchange employees were left jobless after their boss was accused of sexual abuse

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

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