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Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

‘Poor woman went through 7 stages of grief in 60 seconds’: 7-Eleven worker encounters bear inside store in viral TikTok

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

Black mother says Waffle House employees ‘asked for a noose’ in front of her family in viral video

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

Brooke Sjoberg

‘We gave shots to everyone in line’: Women share alcohol bottles with airport-goers instead of dumping them in viral TikTok

‘This is what we do to feel safe’: TikToker stages apartment to look like she lives with boyfriend before male stranger arrives

‘This man charged us and followed us’: DoorDash driver chases TikToker around parking lot with his car (updated)

tampa baes screenshot, tiktoker looking into camera

‘Lesbian isn’t a bad word’: Lesbian reality show star calls herself ‘le-dollar-bean’, sparking debate on TikTok

woman holding kylie skin foaming face cleanser

‘It looks like iced tea’: TikToker says her clear Kylie Skin cleanser turned brown

Dan Latu is a freelance journalist writing about the internet and culture. Previously, his work has appeared in the Real Deal and Columbia News Service.

Dan Latu

TikToker says Karen called fire department because he was grilling in his backyard.

‘Karen is taking this neighbor war f*cking seriously’: TikToker says neighbor called fire department over backyard barbecue

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

Bugs crawling on Starbucks food in display case

‘Baristas have no power over it’: TikToker tries to put Starbucks workers on blast for bugs in food display case, sparking debate

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

‘She was arguing with almost everyone there’: ‘Karen’ tells TikToker’s stepdad to ‘go back to China’

‘F*ck you, I have a Porsche’: Woman allegedly steals gas from TikToker

In a TikTok, a Black Hooters waitress tells the story of when a white, racist customer grabber her hair.

‘I would’ve thrown hands’: Black Hooters waitress says white male customer grabbed her hair because he didn’t believe it was real

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

‘Cruel, I love it’: TikToker says she told her ‘cheating’ ex to get her name tattooed before ghosting him

Kathleen is a Honolulu-based freelance writer, editor and communications strategist who has been published by the New York Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Hana Hou!, and more. She&#8217;s worked in the communication departments at the Honolulu Museum of Art, ACLU of Hawaii and Hawaii Community Foundation. When she&#8217;s not writing, she can be found in the ocean, walking her rescue poi dog or oil painting.

Kathleen Wong

TikTok explains problem with Whole Foods selling white sage.

‘If you use white sage and you’re not Indigenous, you might be a colonizer’: TikToker calls out Whole Foods for cultural appropriation white sage (updated)

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

Male students at a college were assigned half the amount of reading than what the female students were assigned

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