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Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

Target receipt (L), Woman showing a sale promotion at Target (M), Pantene bottle (R)

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‘It’s not misleading, that’s lying’: TikToker calls out Target after finding in-store sale promotion is only valid for online purchases (updated)

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

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‘All of the dispensers had nothing in them’: TikToker says Target refused to refund her for defective box of Tampax tampons (updated)

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

Brooke Sjoberg

Self checkout till with 6 "no cash" signs.

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‘They’ll still ask if they can get cash back’: TikToker shows Target self-checkout has 6 signs saying ‘no cash’, sparking debate

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

Young woman at Target with captions "When you are racially profiled while buying the Black History Collection at Target in Kalispell, Montana. Stop buying from Target. Find Black Business owners." and "Target is spending millions to get Black dollar but doesn't care to do diversity training. Tag Target and Black Businesses that sell Black History items."

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‘The white people in there thought it was funny’: Black TikToker says she was ‘racially profiled,’ accused of stealing at Target while buying from Black History Month collection

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

Woman received "puffy" chicken from Target order

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‘It’s going to expire soon’: TikToker expresses skepticism over ‘puffy’ chicken packaging from Target (updated)

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

Mikael Thalen

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‘This is disgusting’: TikToker finds moldy shoes for sale while shopping at Walmart

Kahron Spearman is a journalist, copywriter, and host of “Discovery with Kahron Spearman” on KAZI 88.7.

Kahron Spearman

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TikToker says Target let her steal $3,000 worth of stuff over several years ‘so they can actually send her to jail’

Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

In a video posted on a Reddit, a man calls Pride t-shirts satanic proprganda.

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‘What’s God going to think of that?’: Man asks Target customers homophobic questions in viral video

Sabine Joseph was a former reporting intern for the Daily Dot. Her work has appeared in Miami and Connecticut publications, including Montage, the Miami Laker, and Connecticut Health I-Team.

Sabine Joseph

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‘What the heck?’: Target employee says prices are skyrocketing in viral TikTok

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

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Target put on blast for giving employees chips and salsa for Hispanic Heritage Month

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

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Viral ‘Starbucks hack’ on TikTok reveals apparent secret (updated)

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

Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration, sexual violence, 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. Follow: @Samideque

Samira Sadeque

Cosmetics show anti-theft marks with the Target logo only only dark skinned products next to light skin products that don't have the device

Cosmetics show anti-theft marks with the Target logo only only dark skinned products next to light skin products that don’t have the device

Viral photo shows Target anti-theft stickers only on darker shades of makeup

Patrick Howell O&#8217;Neill is a notable cybersecurity reporter whose work has focused on the dark net, national security, and law enforcement. A former senior writer at the Daily Dot, O&#8217;Neill joined CyberScoop in October 2016.
I am a cybersecurity journalist at CyberScoop. I cover the security industry, national security and law enforcement.

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