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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.

Samira Sadeque

The woman being carried out by her companion

No, this drunk woman isn’t yelling about Georgia turning blue

Siobhan Ball is a historian, archivist, and journalist. She also writes for Autostraddle and bi.org

Siobhan Ball

conservationist posing on top of a tree branch

Unclick

This conservationist photobombed a wildlife photographer’s bobcat photos

Samantha Shaps is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and a contributor for the Daily Dot.

Samantha Shaps

Racists are using a coded slur online after Ahmaud Arbery’s death

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

snoo putting hand over sad face in front of reddit award background

How Reddit Awards became the sneaky new way to spread hate speech

Sierra Juarez is a freelance journalist and fact-checker based in Mexico. She most enjoys writing about human rights and politics and working in audience engagement. Her work has appeared in the Texas Tribune, the Austin American–Statesman, and the San Antonio Current.

Sierra Juarez

people holding signs for the reopen liberation movement

A hippie swept up a bunch of domain names to keep them away from ‘liberate’ conservatives

Brenden Gallagher is a politics reporter and cultural commentator. His work has been published by Motherboard, Complex, and VH1. He’s the co-founder of Beer Money Films, an indie production company. Based in Los Angeles, he works in television drama as a writers assistant.

Brenden Gallagher

Greek gods memes are flooding Reddit thanks to TV reboot rumors

Libby Cohen is a third-year University of Texas student originally from New Jersey. She has written for ORANGE Magazine, the Daily Texan, and most recently interned for 1010 WINS in NYC. She&#8217;s now back in Austin writing for the Texas Standard and the Daily Dot.

Libby Cohen

Is it cheating to use GroupMe for college classes?

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

Homophobic mom’s ‘super-secret’ meatloaf recipe blasted online by her revengeful, gay kid

Alex is a recent graduate of the journalism school at the University of Texas at Austin. She has written for the Texas Observer, the Austin Chronicle, KUT, and ORANGE Magazine.

Alex Puente

Viral post of bride canceling her wedding and keeping $30K in donations anyway is fake

TERF attack forces lesbian subreddit to temporarily close

Philosopher’s obsession with Hegel is destroying his marriage 

Ignacio Martinez is a reporter specializing in online gaming and political communities. His work has previously appeared in the Texas Observer and on the airwaves at KVRX 91.7 FM. He is based in Austin, Texas, and you can follow him on Twitter at @NacioMartinez.

Ignacio Martinez

Reddit’s new Adobe art project gets trolled by racist memes

David Gilmour is a reporter who specializes in national politics, internet culture, and technology.

David Gilmour

Reddit mods restore Tiananmen Square image after censorship claims

Ilana Gordon is a culture and entertainment writer based in Los Angeles. Ilana&#8217;s writing has been featured in places like: the A.V. Club, the Takeout, Atlas Obscura, Huffington Post, McSweeney&#8217;s Internet Tendency, the Belladonna Comedy, Reductress, Mashable, the Second City Network, RedEye Chicago, ART + marketing, the Muse, Dose and OMGFacts.

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