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Taylor Lorenz (born October 21 c. 1984–1987[lower-alpha 1]) is an American journalist for The Washington Post. She was previously a technology reporter for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, and Business Insider. She also worked as a social media editor for the Daily Mail.

Taylor Lorenz
Lorenz in 2019
Born	October 21 c. 1984–1987[lower-alpha 1] New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	Hobart and William Smith College
Employer	The Washington Post
Writing career
Genre	Journalism
Subject	Internet culture
Website	Taylor Lorenz on Twitter

Early life and education

Lorenz was born in New York City[1][lower-alpha 1] and grew up in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, attending nearby Greenwich High School.[6] She attended college at the University of Colorado Boulder and later transferred to Hobart and William Smith College where she graduated with a degree in political science.[7][8] Lorenz has stated that the social media site Tumblr caused her to become interested in internet culture.[9]

Career

Lorenz worked as a social media editor for the Daily Mail from 2011 to 2014, becoming their head of social media.[10] After a short stint writing for The Daily Dot in 2014,[11] she was a technology reporter for Business Insider from 2014 to 2017.[12] In 2017, she wrote briefly for The Hill’s blog section,[13][14] and was assaulted by a counter-protester[15][16] while covering the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.[17] From 2017 to 2018, she worked as a technology reporter for The Daily Beast.[18] From 2019 to 2022, she was a technology reporter for The New York Times.[19] In March 2022, Lorenz left the Times and joined The Washington Post as a columnist.[7][20]

In 2019, Lorenz was made a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism.[21]

According to The Caret, her reporting is consumed frequently by "Silicon Valley venture capitalists, marketers and...anyone curious about how the internet is shaping the ways in which humans express themselves and communicate."[22] According to TheWrap, "since her time at the Times, she's attracted an inordinate amount of online criticism, particularly from those in the right wing media."[23] Fortune stated that she has "cemented herself as a peerless authority" whose name became "synonymous with youth culture online" during her time with The Daily Beast and The Atlantic.[5] Reason magazine credited her with popularizing the term "OK boomer" in a story declaring "the end of friendly generational relations."[24]

Accolades

Lorenz was named to Fortune's 40 Under 40 listing for 2020 under the "Media and Entertainment" category.[5] That same year, Adweek included her in their "2020 Young Influentials Who Are Shaping Media, Marketing and Tech" listing, stating of Lorenz that she "contextualizes the internet as we live it."[25]

2021 defamation lawsuit

In August 2021, Lorenz, along with The New York Times, were sued by influencer talent agent and entrepreneur Ariadna Jacob for defamation in relation to an August 2020 article about her company, Influences.com.[26] Jacob claims that she lost 85 clients following the publication of the article and is seeking damages in excess of $6.2 million.[27] A spokesperson for The New York Times stated that they would defend the lawsuit: "Ms. Jacob's main complaint is that The New York Times gave voice to young people who felt they had been mistreated by her. It's troubling that she has turned to litigation to try to silence those who criticize her business practices."[28][29][30] In September 2022, a judge dismissed the lawsuit, saying that Jacob had failed to prove defamation.[31]

Libs of TikTok and accusation of doxxing

On April 19, 2022, The Washington Post published an article by Lorenz about the right-wing Twitter account Libs of TikTok and publicized the identity of the account owner as Chaya Raichik, an Orthodox Jew who worked in real estate. These details were retrieved from early iterations of the Libs of TikTok Twitter account.[32] The online version of the article initially included a link to Raichik's real estate license.[33][34]

The article proved controversial, with Lorenz accused of doxxing,[35] antisemitism for mentioning Raichik's religion,[36] and hypocrisy for having previously spoken out against online harassment.[37][38][39][40][41] Raichik herself accused Lorenz of doxxing and told the New York Post that she "will never be silenced".[40][42] Raichik also accused Lorenz of violating her right to free speech.[43] According to The Times of London, "supporters of Lorenz meanwhile pointed out that Raichik's followers were only too enthusiastic about doxxing when it came to teachers being smeared as paedophiles."[44] In a tweet, Lorenz said that her "whole family was doxxed again this morning...trolls have now moved on to doxxing and stalking any random friends I've tagged on Instagram."[36] Lorenz argued that Raichik's information was already publicly available.[43]

YouTuber Tim Pool and The Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing purchased a billboard in Times Square to accuse Lorenz of doxxing. In response, Lorenz called the billboard "so idiotic it's hilarious".[45]

Coverage of the Depp v. Heard trial

In June 2022, Lorenz published an article on the coverage of the Depp v. Heard trial by YouTube personalities, which originally claimed that two of the YouTubers discussed in the article, LegalBytes and ThatUmbrellaGuy, were contacted for comment prior to publication. Both YouTubers later denied being contacted by Lorenz, resulting in a series of editorial corrections to the article. In a tweet, Lorenz blamed the errors on a miscommunication with her editor, leading some critics to accuse her of buck passing. The tweet was discussed and agreed on by Lorenz and multiple editors according to three people with knowledge of the discussions.[23][46][47][48] The New York Times subsequently reported that Lorenz had been moved from the features staff to the technology team, and that Cameron Barr, a senior managing editor at The Washington Post, had "been asked to review her articles before publication."[48] Lorenz denied that she had moved teams, writing on Twitter that "I have absolutely not been demoted, not even remotely. My job has not changed at all."[23]

Personal life

In January 2015, Lorenz announced her engagement to Christopher Mims, a technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal.[49][50] In a 2022 interview with Zagat, Lorenz identified herself as vegan.[51] In an interview with MSNBC, Lorenz said that she has "severe PTSD" from experiencing online harassment.[36]

Notes

References

External links

• Taylor Lorenz on Twitter

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