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A former senior politics reporter for the Daily Dot, Kevin Collier focuses on privacy, cybersecurity, and issues of importance to the open internet. Since leaving the Daily Dot in March 2016, he has served as a reporter for Vocativ and a cybersecurity correspondent for BuzzFeed.

Kevin Collier

Entertainment

Bradying is the new Tebowing

Daily Dot Contributor

The eerie beauty of Pakistan’s cocooned trees

Owen Thomas was the founding executive editor of the Daily Dot before becoming the editor in chief of Read Write. A former managing editor for Valleywag, Thomas also was an executive editor for VentureBeat and now serves as business editor for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Owen Thomas

How celebrity breakups rank on Twitter (infographic)

Justin Franz is a Montana-based reporter and photographer who wrote about web culture for the Daily Dot. His work has more recently appeared in Flathead Living Magazine, Trains Magazine, and Travel + Leisure.

Justin Franz

Frosting is the new icing

Costume designer turns play into work with cosplay

Pop vs soda—illustrating the debate

Lawrence O’Donnell’s words spread on Facebook

Exclusive interview: Reddit’s most famous homegrown celebrity speaks!

He’s just a normal guy

Moses went to Japan in a spaceship

Austin Powell is the former managing editor of the Daily Dot. His work focuses on the intersection of entertainment and technology. He previously served as a music columnist for the Austin Chronicle and is the co-author of The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology.

Austin Powell

Daytrotter: Indie music’s most endearing social network

Great housekeeping with Glenn Danzig

4chan’s Four Leaf Studios releases erotic, dating simulation game

Fruzsina Eördögh was the Daily Dot&#8217;s first YouTube reporter. In addition to working as a producer for the now-defunct digital channel TouchVision TV, Eördögh has been published by Vice, the Christian Science Monitor, the Guardian, Variety, and Slate.

Fruzsina Eördögh

Watch the premiere of Hank Green’s SciShow

Fernando Alfonso III served as an early Reddit and 4chan reporter and the Daily Dot’s first art director until 2016. He’s gone on to report at Lexington’s Herald-Leader and at the Houston Chronicle.

Fernando Alfonso III

The best possible reaction to the Weeknd’s Echoes of Silence