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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

Black man kicked out of sushi restaurant for wearing sneakers—he points to all the white patrons also wearing sneakers

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

College student makes racist twerking video, sparking outrage

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

Man makes eerie YouTube video of himself right before allegedly ambushing and killing wife (updated)

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

Mikael Thalen

Fans speculate that PewDiePie got ‘shadowbanned’ by YouTube

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

Cecilia Lenzen

Parents say they wish they had had abortions in TikTok meme

Gay man’s story about 94-year-old grandma switching parties for him earns praise from AOC

Woman forced to cover up with pilot’s shirt after outfit was allegedly deemed ‘lewd’ by airline staff

White male professor allegedly pretended to be an ‘immigrant woman of color’ on Twitter

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

White man who reportedly introduced himself as off-duty cop seen hurling N-word at Black driver

Man says he was called N-word by driver who claimed to be ‘off-duty’ cop

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

Angelica Arinze is a former editorial intern for the Daily Dot and student at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the former the director of the Daily Texan’s diversity and inclusion board and formerly involved with the National Association of Black Journalists and BlackPrint, UT’s Black interest publication.

Angelica Arinze

#ReformForRonnie calls for social media reform after man films suicide on Facebook

Pastor’s misogynistic, racist email leaked on Twitter

Doctor says ‘group of BLM’ attacked daughter—but audio records prove otherwise (updated)

Starbucks barista fired for making ‘Blue Lives Matter’ drink on TikTok

Trinady Joslin is a former editorial intern for the Daily Dot and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a journalism degree. She was previously the Life and Arts Editor at the Daily Texan and an intern at Austin Woman Magazine.

Trinady Joslin

illustrated hands signing "B L M" in American Sign Language in front of protest

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