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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

Unclick

Here is the DaddyOFive video that has the internet screaming child abuse

Carly Lanning is a journalist who covers social media. Her work has been published by Psychology Today, NBC, Thrillist, and Ms. Magazine.

Carly Lanning

#WCW Regan Perusse will make you fall in love with books again

Space historian and #WCW Amy Shira Teitel is fighting for women in S.T.E.M.

Jay Hathaway is a former senior writer who specialized in internet memes and weird online culture. He previously served as the Daily Dot’s news editor, was a staff writer at Gawker, and edited the classic websites Urlesque and Download Squad. His work has also appeared on nymag.com, suicidegirls.com, and the Morning News.

Jay Hathaway

Donald Trump’s speeches are now a whiny early-2000s emo song

Entertainment and sports reporter Luke Winkie has written everywhere from A.V Club to Vice, including Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, Kotaku, Playboy, Mel, and Polygon.

Luke Winkie

How YouTube’s China Uncensored is uncovering the country Trump loves to hate

Christine Friar is a writer and editor in New York who focuses on streaming entertainment and internet culture. Her work has appeared in the Awl, the Fader, New York Magazine, Paper Magazine, Vogue, Elle, and more.

Christine Friar

Entertainment

Listening to this song will reduce your anxiety by 65 percent

A brief history of ‘Shooting Stars,’ the funniest video meme of the year

The week’s hottest meme comes from a racist beef between YouTube personalities

Jessica Machado is the former IRL editor of the Daily Dot. Previously, she was an associate editor at Rolling Stone. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Elle, Vice, Salon, BuzzFeed, Guernica, Bitch, Bust, the Cut, the Awl, the Toast, among others.

Jessica Machado

Culture

Son videos the first time his mom with dementia doesn’t know who he is

Audrey Browning is a content creator and social media manager. In August 2017, she joined Main Street Grub as a community manager.

Audrey Browning

Bad Lip Reading takes on Trump, Obama, and the inauguration

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

Audra Schroeder

The anatomy of a Louis C.K. joke

Daily Dot Contributor

PewDiePie walks back his anti-Semitic prank amid fallout

YouTube’s new Super Chat feature lets you pay to have comments highlighted

Kristen Hubby is a tech and lifestyle reporter. Her work has also appeared in Austin Monthly and the Austin American-Statesman, where she covered local news and the dining scene in Austin, Texas.

YouTube