Caitlin Moscatello

Jan 15, 2025 | thecut.com | Caitlin Moscatello

The Stauffers’ adopted son, Huxley, had been a focal point of their YouTube and Instagram pages until this spring, when he suddenly stopped appearing in videos. Photo: Myka Stauffer/Instagram This story was originally published on August 18, 2020. It is now the subject of An Update on Our Family, a three-part documentary series airing in January on HBO. This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly.

Jan 8, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Caitlin Moscatello

She considers herself more video diarist than influencer: Rather than Eby hawking vitamins or skin creams, most of her posts take viewers along as she shares health updates and otherwise shows the reality of living in a body that no longer functions as it used to. On the rare occasions she has posted paid content, it has been for companies such as a clothing brand that makes styles for people with disabilities and the National Funeral Directors Association.

Jan 2, 2025 | seattletimes.com | Caitlin Moscatello

Brooke Eby did not intend to be back here at 36, living with her parents in the suburban home where she grew up — a traditional-style house in Potomac, Maryland, with ceramic plates on the wall and the family cat yowling from the kitchen. But by last summer, it became clear that living alone was no longer safe. Getting in and out of bed had become challenging. One day, after a fall, she was stuck on the bathroom floor until her dog walker arrived.

Jan 2, 2025 | nytimes.com | Caitlin Moscatello

After being diagnosed with A.L.S. in 2022, Brooke Eby could have turned inward. Instead, she opened up — and found a fan base online.

Sep 24, 2024 | thecut.com | Caitlin Moscatello

From left, Ruby with her youngest daughter in 2022. Ruby in December. Photo: ConnexionsCoaching/Facebook (2022); Ron Chaffin/St. George News Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions and images of child abuse. The faces of minors have been blurred. In 2015, Ruby Franke, a 32-year-old Mormon woman in Utah, became another parent sharing her family’s life on YouTube.