Taylor Lorenz#Personal life

Lorenz was born in New York City,{{Cite web |last=Esposito |first=Brad |date=February 8, 2021 |title=Very Fine Day #2: Taylor Lorenz |work=Very Fine Day |via=Substack |url=https://veryfineday.substack.com/p/very-fine-day-2-taylor-lorenz |url-status=live |access-date=February 28, 2021 |archive-date=March 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311042043/https://veryfineday.substack.com/p/very-fine-day-2-taylor-lorenz }} and grew up in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, attending nearby Greenwich High School.{{Cite web|last=Marchant|first=Robert|date=March 18, 2021|title=CT native Taylor Lorenz got attacked on Twitter. She's not the only woman to face online harassment.|url=https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/CT-native-Taylor-Lorenz-got-attacked-on-Twitter-16035610.php|url-status=live|access-date=March 24, 2021|website=Greenwich Time|language=en-US|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320140836/https://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/CT-native-Taylor-Lorenz-got-attacked-on-Twitter-16035610.php}} She attended college at the University of Colorado Boulder and later transferred to Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where she graduated with a degree in political science.{{Cite news |last=Klein |first=Charlotte |date=February 1, 2022 |title=Taylor Lorenz Hopes The New York Times Will "Evolve in Their Ways" As She Leaves for The Washington Post |work=Vanity Fair |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/01/01/taylor-lorenz-leaves-nyt-for-wapo |access-date=March 1, 2022 |archive-date=February 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223155125/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/01/01/taylor-lorenz-leaves-nyt-for-wapo |url-status=live}}{{Cite web| last= Roush| first= Chris| date= April 30, 2018| title= Lorenz hired by The Atlantic to cover tech| website= Talking Biz News| language= en-US| url= https://talkingbiznews.com/they-talk-biz-news/lorenz-hired-by-the-atlantic-to-cover-tech/| access-date= February 28, 2021| archive-date= January 10, 2021| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210110133132/https://talkingbiznews.com/they-talk-biz-news/lorenz-hired-by-the-atlantic-to-cover-tech/| url-status= live}} Lorenz has said that the social media site Tumblr caused her to become interested in Internet culture.{{Cite podcast |last1=Lammer |first1=Aaron |last2=Linsky |first2=Max |date=August 19, 2019 |title=Longform Podcast #355: Taylor Lorenz |url=https://longform.org/posts/longform-podcast-355-taylor-lorenz |access-date=January 8, 2021 |website=Longform.org |language=en |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109092439/https://longform.org/posts/longform-podcast-355-taylor-lorenz |url-status=live}}

According to The Caret, Lorenz's reporting frequently concerns "Silicon Valley venture capitalists, marketers and ... anyone curious about how the internet is shaping the ways in which humans express themselves and communicate".{{cite web |date=February 13, 2020 |title=Taylor Lorenz – Interview |url=https://www.thecaret.co/interviews/taylor-lorenz |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703045638/https://www.thecaret.co/interviews/taylor-lorenz |archive-date=July 3, 2020 |access-date=July 2, 2020 |website=The Caret}} Fortune named her to its "40 Under 40" list in 2020, saying that she has "cemented herself as a peerless authority" whose name became "synonymous with youth culture online" during her time at The Daily Beast and The Atlantic.{{Cite web|date=September 2, 2020|title=Taylor Lorenz {{!}} 2020 40 under 40 in Media and Entertainment|url=https://fortune.com/40-under-40/2020/taylor-lorenz/|access-date=September 3, 2020|website=Fortune|language=en|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023070116/https://fortune.com/40-under-40/2020/taylor-lorenz/|url-status=live}} The same year, Adweek included her on its list of "Young Influentials Who Are Shaping Media, Marketing and Tech", saying that she "contextualizes the internet as we live it".{{Cite web |date=August 9, 2020 |title=Meet Adweek's 2020 Young Influentials Who Are Shaping Media, Marketing and Tech |url=https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/meet-adweeks-2020-young-influentials-who-are-shaping-media-marketing-and-tech/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831083419/https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/meet-adweeks-2020-young-influentials-who-are-shaping-media-marketing-and-tech/ |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=September 4, 2020 |work=Adweek |language=en-US}} Reason magazine credited her with popularizing the term "OK boomer" in a story declaring "the end of friendly generational relations".{{cite web |last=Gillespie |first=Nick |author-link=Nick Gillespie |date=February 26, 2020 |title=Taylor Lorenz Makes Sense of Online Culture for the Rest of Us |url=https://reason.com/podcast/taylor-lorenz-makes-sense-of-online-culture-for-the-rest-of-us/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702175557/https://reason.com/podcast/taylor-lorenz-makes-sense-of-online-culture-for-the-rest-of-us/ |archive-date=July 2, 2020 |access-date=July 2, 2020 |website=Reason.com}}

Lorenz worked as a social media editor for the Daily Mail from 2011 to 2014, becoming its head of social media.{{Cite web|date=July 18, 2014|title=The 60-second interview: Taylor Lorenz, head of social media, The Daily Mail/Mail Online|url=https://www.politico.com/media/story/2014/07/the-60-second-interview-taylor-lorenz-head-of-social-media-the-daily-mail-mail-online-002540/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210063128/https://www.politico.com/media/story/2014/07/the-60-second-interview-taylor-lorenz-head-of-social-media-the-daily-mail-mail-online-002540/|archive-date=February 10, 2021|access-date=February 28, 2021|website=Politico|language=en}} After a short stint writing for The Daily Dot in 2014,{{Cite web|title=Taylor Lorenz|url=https://www.dailydot.com/author/taylor-lorenz/|access-date=June 28, 2022|website=The Daily Dot|date=May 20, 2014 |publisher=|archive-date=September 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907080814/https://www.dailydot.com/author/taylor-lorenz/|url-status=live}} she was a technology reporter for Business Insider from 2014 to 2017.{{Cite web|title=Taylor Lorenz|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/author/taylor-lorenz|access-date=February 28, 2021|website=Business Insider|publisher=Insider Inc.|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023054156/https://www.businessinsider.com/author/taylor-lorenz|url-status=live}} In 2017, she wrote briefly for The Hill{{'}}s blog section,{{Cite web

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}}{{Cite web| title=Juggalos, pro-Trump activists descend on DC| url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/351020-juggalos-pro-trump-activists-descend-on-dc/| access-date=September 16, 2017| website=The Hill| date=September 16, 2017| publisher=Nexstar, Inc.| archive-date=September 17, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917052829/http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/351020-juggalos-pro-trump-activists-descend-on-dc| url-status=live}} and was assaulted by a counter-protester{{Cite web| title=Locals march against alt-right rally in C'ville| url=https://www.thecentralvirginian.com/news/local/locals-march-against-alt-right-rally-in-c-ville/article_a2d92e33-4b68-5e07-aa80-84f9777a19b9.html| access-date=August 17, 2017| website=The Central Virginian| publisher=| archive-date=June 30, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630201543/https://www.thecentralvirginian.com/news/local/locals-march-against-alt-right-rally-in-c-ville/article_a2d92e33-4b68-5e07-aa80-84f9777a19b9.html| url-status=live}} while covering the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.{{Cite web| title=Horror and hate in Charlottesville| url=https://thehill.com/homenews/news/346359-horror-and-hate-in-charlottesville/| access-date=August 12, 2017| website=The Hill| date=August 12, 2017| publisher=Nexstar, Inc.| archive-date=August 13, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813050553/http://thehill.com/homenews/news/346359-horror-and-hate-in-charlottesville| url-status=live}} From 2017 to 2018, she worked as a technology reporter for The Daily Beast.{{Cite web| last= Roush| first= Chris| date= October 30, 2017| title= Lorenz joining Daily Beast as tech reporter| website= Talking Biz News| language= en-US| url= https://talkingbiznews.com/they-talk-biz-news/lorenz-joining-daily-beast-as-tech-reporter/| access-date= June 30, 2022| archive-date= June 30, 2022| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220630201542/https://talkingbiznews.com/they-talk-biz-news/lorenz-joining-daily-beast-as-tech-reporter/| url-status= live}} In 2019, she was a visiting fellow at Harvard University's Nieman Foundation for Journalism where she studied how Gen Z interacts with news on Instagram.{{Cite web|title=Nieman Foundation announces the 2019 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows|url=https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2019/01/nieman-foundation-announces-the-2019-knight-visiting-nieman-fellows/|access-date=June 27, 2022|website=NIEMAN NEWS|date=January 9, 2019 |publisher=The President and Fellows of Harvard College|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710224201/https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2019/01/nieman-foundation-announces-the-2019-knight-visiting-nieman-fellows/|url-status=live}}

From 2019 to 2022, she was a technology reporter for The New York Times.{{Cite news |title=Taylor Lorenz |url=https://www.nytimes.com/by/taylor-lorenz |access-date=June 28, 2022 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629020503/https://www.nytimes.com/by/taylor-lorenz |url-status=live}} 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".{{Cite web |last=Welk |first=Brian |date=June 18, 2022 |title=Taylor Lorenz Denies NY Times Report That She's Moved Teams at Washington Post and Must Have Stories Reviewed by Top Editor |url=https://www.thewrap.com/taylor-lorenz-denies-nyt-report-demoted-washington-post/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620195218/https://www.thewrap.com/taylor-lorenz-denies-nyt-report-demoted-washington-post/ |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |access-date=June 21, 2022 |website=The Wrap}} While at the Times, she broke the story that the Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign was paying Instagram meme accounts to post ads in the form of fake direct messages on the platform, a strategy that a Bloomberg spokesperson said may be new to presidential politics.{{Cite web |title=Why Bloomberg is paying people to make him look cool on the internet |url=https://www.msnbc.com/hallie-jackson/watch/why-bloomberg-is-paying-people-to-make-him-look-cool-on-the-internet-78687813726 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=MSNBC.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Lorenz |first=Taylor |date=2020-02-13 |title=Michael Bloomberg's Campaign Suddenly Drops Memes Everywhere |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/style/michael-bloomberg-memes-jerry-media.html |access-date=2025-01-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

In 2021, while working for The New York Times, Lorenz posted on social media in support of International Women's Day and discussed online harassment she had faced while urging others to support women going through similar experiences. Subsequently, Tucker Carlson criticized her in a segment discussing “powerful people claiming to be powerless” on his Fox News show, which led to further harassment.https://thehill.com/homenews/media/544628-online-harassment-is-ugly-and-routine-for-women-in-journalism/{{Cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Margaret |date=14 March 2021 |title=Online harassment of female journalists is real, and it's increasingly hard to endure |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/online-harassment-female-journalists/2021/03/13/ed24b0aa-82aa-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post}} Glenn Greenwald would also issue criticism towards Lorenz' statement, while dismissing her claims of harassment as online insults.{{cite web | last=Sarnoff | first=Marisa | title=New York Times Slams Tucker Carlson For 'Calculated and Cruel' Criticism of Taylor Lorenz | website=Mediaite | date=March 10, 2021 | url=https://www.mediaite.com/news/new-york-times-issues-rare-statement-slamming-tucker-carlson-for-calculated-and-cruel-criticism-of-taylor-lorenz/ | access-date=April 13, 2025}}{{cite web | last=Wulfsohn | first=Joseph | title=New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz mocked for claim 'online harassment' has 'destroyed my life' | publisher=Fox News | date=March 9, 2021 | url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-times-taylor-lorenz-harassment-claim | access-date=April 13, 2025}} Writing in the First Amendment Law Review, professor Lili Levi noted "that this kind of publicity is effectively a call to arms for further harassment by members of Carlson’s audience."{{Cite journal |last=Levi |first=Lili |date=September 20, 2021 |title=Racialized, Judaized, Feminized: Identity-Based Attacks on the Press |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3925289 |journal=First Amendment Law Review|ssrn=3925289 }}

The New York Times and the International Women's Media Foundation both issued statements in support of Lorenz that condemned the actions of Carlson, with The New York Times stating, "Lorenz is a talented New York Times journalist doing timely and essential reporting. Journalists should be able to do their jobs without facing harassment", and calling Carlson's actions a "cruel and calculated tactic".{{Cite news |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |date=March 10, 2021 |title=New York Times Defends Reporter Taylor Lorenz From Tucker Carlson's 'Cruel' Attack |url=https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/tucker-carlson-taylor-lorenz-new-york-times-harassment-1234927645/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827222446/https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/tucker-carlson-taylor-lorenz-new-york-times-harassment-1234927645/ |archive-date=August 27, 2024 |access-date=August 18, 2024 |work=Variety |language=en-US}}{{cite web | url=https://www.iwmf.org/2021/03/iwmf-condemns-online-attacks-against-taylor-lorenz/ | title=IWMF Condemns Online Attacks Against Taylor Lorenz - IWMF }}

Both Fox News and Carlson would release statements defending Carlson's criticism of Lorenz, with Fox News stating, "No public figure or journalist is immune to legitimate criticism of their reporting, claims or journalistic tactics."{{Cite news |last=Butler |first=Jada |date=March 11, 2021 |title=New York Times defends reporter Taylor Lorenz after Tucker Carlson's attacks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/mar/11/taylor-lorenz-tucker-carlson-new-york-times |access-date=August 18, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news |last=Armus |first=Teo |date=11 March 2021 |title=Tucker Carlson keeps attacking a New York Times reporter after the paper calls his tactics 'calculated and cruel' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/11/tucker-carlson-taylor-lorenz-fox/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

In March 2022, Lorenz left the Times and joined The Washington Post as a technology and online culture columnist.{{Cite news |title=Taylor Lorenz joins The Washington Post as a columnist |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2022/02/01/taylor-lorenz-joins-washington-post-columnist/ |access-date=March 1, 2022 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205081653/https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2022/02/01/taylor-lorenz-joins-washington-post-columnist/ |url-status=live}} In April 2022, Lorenz wrote an article for the Post that publicized the identity of Chaya Raichik as the owner of the far-right Twitter account Libs of TikTok. The details were retrieved from early iterations of the account, as well as previous reporting.{{cite news |last=Lorenz |first=Taylor |author-link=Taylor Lorenz |date=April 19, 2022 |title=Meet the woman behind Libs of TikTok, secretly fueling the right's outrage machine |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/19/libs-of-tiktok-right-wing-media/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419162842/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/19/libs-of-tiktok-right-wing-media/ |archive-date=April 19, 2022}} Raichik criticized Lorenz, saying that Lorenz doxxed her, though Lorenz countered that Raichik's information had already been publicly available.{{Cite web |last=Tiffany |first=Kaitlyn |date=April 22, 2022 |title='Doxxing' Means Whatever You Want It To |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/04/doxxing-meaning-libs-of-tiktok/629643/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424064731/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/04/doxxing-meaning-libs-of-tiktok/629643/ |archive-date=April 24, 2022 |access-date=April 24, 2022 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Sultan |first=Reina |date=September 30, 2022 |title=How Libs of TikTok Became an Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Machine |url=https://www.them.us/story/libs-of-tik-tok-twitter-facebook-instagram-explained-childrens-hospitals-grooming |access-date=September 30, 2022 |website=Them |language=en-US |archive-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930223554/https://www.them.us/story/libs-of-tik-tok-twitter-facebook-instagram-explained-childrens-hospitals-grooming |url-status=live}} According to The Times of London, "supporters of Lorenz meanwhile pointed out that Raichik's followers were only too enthusiastic about doxing when it came to teachers being smeared as {{not a typo|paedophiles}}".{{cite news |last=Tomlinson |first=Hugh |date=April 22, 2022 |title=Libs of Tiktok: Twitter provocateur gives Republicans new weapon in war on liberals |work=The Times |location=London |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/technology/article/libs-of-tiktok-twitter-provocateur-gives-republicans-new-weapon-in-war-on-liberals-tfrrvh9rf |access-date=April 22, 2022 |issn=0140-0460 |archive-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422195248/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/libs-of-tiktok-twitter-provocateur-gives-republicans-new-weapon-in-war-on-liberals-tfrrvh9rf |url-status=live}} In a tweet, Lorenz said that her "whole family was doxed again this morning ... trolls have now moved on to doxing and stalking any random friends I've tagged on Instagram".{{Cite web |last=Starr |first=Michael |date=April 21, 2022 |title=US Right, Left clash on orthodox Jewish activist's 'doxxing' |url=https://www.jpost.com/international/article-704798 |access-date=April 24, 2022 |website=The Jerusalem Post |archive-date=April 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424065700/https://www.jpost.com/international/article-704798 |url-status=live}} Lorenz later interviewed Raichik for an article about Libs of TikTok in February 2024.{{cite news|url=https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/taylor-lorenz-chaya-raichik-libs-tiktok-interview/|title=Behind Taylor Lorenz's 'painful, agonizing' interview of the Libs of TikTok activist|last=Jones|first=Tom|date=March 1, 2024|publisher=Poynter Institute|access-date=March 1, 2024|archive-date=March 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301230637/https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/taylor-lorenz-chaya-raichik-libs-tiktok-interview/|url-status=live}}

In May 2022, Lorenz published a report in the Post about coordinated attack campaigns against Nina Jankowicz,{{Cite news |last=Lorenz |first=Taylor |date=May 18, 2022 |title=How the Biden administration let right-wing attacks derail its disinformation efforts |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/18/disinformation-board-dhs-nina-jankowicz/ |access-date=January 8, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web |last=Warzel |first=Charlie |date=2022-05-20 |title=The Disinformation Board Is the Latest Cursed News Story |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/05/dhs-disinformation-governance-board-nina-jankowicz/676854/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}} who was to lead the Disinformation Governance Board for the Department of Homeland Security. The Disinformation Board -- which was created to protect national security by advising other government agencies on how to combat disinformation, malinformation, and misinformation online -- was paused, and eventually disbanded after Jankowicz resigned due to the attack campaigns she endured.{{Cite web |last1=Cancryn |first1=Adam |last2=Stokols |first2=Eli |last3=Egan |first3=Lauren |date=2023-07-07 |title=Biden's former disinfo czar would like a word |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2023/07/07/bidens-former-disinfo-czar-would-like-a-word-00105251 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=POLITICO |language=en}} In the article, Lorenz detailed how Jankowicz became the victim of attacks by right-wing internet influencers and media personalities, received violent threats, and that she was "set up to fail by an administration that was unsure of its messaging and unprepared to counteract a coordinated online campaign against her."

In June 2022, the Post published an article by Lorenz about the eco-system of online content creators and influencers covering the Depp v. Heard trial. The article incorrectly said that two YouTubers mentioned in passing in the article had been contacted for comment, when the Post later reported that only one had been before publication,{{Cite news |last=Lorenz |first=Taylor |date=June 4, 2022 |title=Analysis {{!}} Who won the Depp-Heard trial? Content creators that went all-in. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/02/johnny-depp-trial-creators-influencers/ |access-date=August 18, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928230910/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/02/johnny-depp-trial-creators-influencers/ |url-status=live}} although this is disputed by both YouTubers.{{cite news|title=YouTubers say WaPo's Taylor Lorenz falsely claimed she reached out for comment in story about Depp-Heard trial|last=Wulfsohn|first=Joseph|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-taylor-lorenz-report-johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial|date=June 3, 2022|archive-date=August 26, 2024|access-date=August 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826230111/https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-taylor-lorenz-report-johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial|url-status=live}} Ultimately, after editorial corrections were made, the Editor's Note on the article acknowledged that only one of the creators had been contacted before publication, and that stealth editing had occurred against the paper's policy but that Lorenz did not make the stealth edit. In a tweet thread agreed upon by Lorenz, her editors, and Post management, Lorenz stated that the errors were due to a miscommunication with her editor.{{Cite news |last=Wemple |first=Erik |date=June 10, 2022 |title=Taylor Lorenz said an editor was to blame. Is that okay? |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/10/washington-post-taylor-lorenz-correction-editor-mistake/ |access-date=June 11, 2022 |archive-date=June 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611134733/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/10/washington-post-taylor-lorenz-correction-editor-mistake/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Robertson |first=Katie |date=June 17, 2022 |title=Infighting Overshadows Big Plans at The Washington Post |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/business/media/sally-buzbee-washington-post.html |access-date=June 21, 2022 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620181226/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/business/media/sally-buzbee-washington-post.html |url-status=live}}

In December 2022, Twitter owner Elon Musk temporarily suspended Lorenz's Twitter account, with Musk tweeting that the suspension was for "prior doxxing action".{{Cite magazine |last=Burga |first=Solcyre |date=December 18, 2022 |title=Twitter Temporarily Bans Washington Post Reporter After Other Journalists Reinstated |url=https://time.com/6242139/twitter-temporary-journalist-ban-taylor-lorenz |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218213304/https://time.com/6242139/twitter-temporary-journalist-ban-taylor-lorenz/ |archive-date=December 18, 2022 |access-date=December 18, 2022 |magazine=Time}} Lorenz said she was suspended after asking Musk for comment on a story. The suspension followed a series of suspensions of journalists under Musk's new ownership of Twitter.{{Cite web |last=Knodel |first=Jamie |date=December 17, 2022 |title=Musk reinstates suspended journalists after Twitter poll |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/musk-reinstates-suspended-journalists-twitter-poll-rcna62227 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218230548/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/musk-reinstates-suspended-journalists-twitter-poll-rcna62227 |archive-date=December 18, 2022 |access-date=December 18, 2022 |website=NBC News |language=en-US}}

In August 2024, the Post began an internal investigation for evidence of bias after Lorenz shared an image on a private Instagram story depicting President Joe Biden with the caption "war criminal :(", referencing a meme criticizing the president for his support of Israel in the Gaza war.{{Cite magazine |last=Chayka |first=Kyle |date=October 9, 2024 |title=Taylor Lorenz's Plan to Dance on Legacy Media's Grave |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/taylor-lorenzs-plan-to-dance-on-legacy-medias-grave |access-date=November 28, 2024 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X |archive-date=November 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126231325/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/taylor-lorenzs-plan-to-dance-on-legacy-medias-grave |url-status=live}} Lorenz initially denied making the post, and later said that a friend created the captioned picture, which Lorenz shared. According to NPR, four people with direct knowledge of the post confirmed its authenticity.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/08/15/g-s1-17201/washington-post-taylor-lorenz-tech-columnist-biden|work = NPR|title='Washington Post' reviews star columnist Taylor Lorenz's 'war criminal' jab at Biden|date=August 16, 2024}} Lorenz never published another article for The Post, which did not announce any findings of its investigation. In October 2024, she left the paper to focus on her own ventures.{{cite news |title=Reporter Taylor Lorenz exits Washington Post after investigation into Instagram post |url=https://apnews.com/article/taylor-lorenz-tech-journalism-washington-post-leave-028472143fb8b7d4fb21578403327981 |access-date=November 23, 2024 |work=AP |date=October 1, 2024 |archive-date=November 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119175428/https://apnews.com/article/taylor-lorenz-tech-journalism-washington-post-leave-028472143fb8b7d4fb21578403327981 |url-status=live}}

In October 2024, Lorenz announced she was leaving The Washington Post to run a Substack publication called "User Mag".{{cite news |last1=Robertson |first1=Katie | last2=Mullin| first2=Benjamin |title=Taylor Lorenz Leaving The Washington Post to Start Substack Newsletter |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 1, 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/business/media/taylor-lorenz-substack-washington-post.html |access-date=January 28, 2025}} Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie told The Hollywood Reporter that she is an "accomplished reporter with deep experience covering internet trends and culture" whom the platform thinks "will thrive...with the direct support of her audience."{{Cite news |last=Weprin |first=Alex |date=October 1, 2024 |title=Taylor Lorenz Exits Washington Post to Launch 'User Mag' on Substack (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/taylor-lorenz-leaves-washington-post-launch-user-mag-substack-1236011888/ |access-date=October 1, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

In 2025, it was announced that Lorenz would also contribute a column to the Substack page Zeteo on the influence of Silicon Valley tech billionaires.{{cite web |title=*BIG NEWS* Zeteo's Expanding with 3 New Contributors – Thanks to You! |url=https://zeteo.com/p/big-news-zeteos-expanding-with-3 |website=Zeteo |access-date=25 April 2025 |date=22 January 2025}}

In October 2023, her book Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet was published by Simon & Schuster.{{cite news |last=Seo |first=Rachel |date=2023 |title='Facebook F—ed Up': Taylor Lorenz Tells the Untold History of the Internet in Upcoming Book 'Extremely Online' |url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/taylor-lorenz-new-book-extremely-online-facebook-1235707358/ |work=Variety |access-date=September 27, 2023 |archive-date=September 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927090512/https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/taylor-lorenz-new-book-extremely-online-facebook-1235707358/amp/ |url-status=live}} The book focused on various aspects of internet culture. Some platforms discussed in the book include mommy blogs, YouTube, and Vine.{{cite news |last1=Sherky |first1=Clay |title=A History of Content Creation, From the Blogosphere to Today |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/30/books/review/extremely-online-taylor-lorenz.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 30, 2023 |access-date=6 January 2025}}

Lorenz discussed how influencers struggled to monetize their content and how prominent women such as Julia Allison are often the targets of online harassment and misogyny.{{cite web |last1=Jennings |first1=Rebbeca |title=How the fight between tech founders and influencers shaped the internet |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/23890770/taylor-lorenz-book-extremely-online-review |website=Vox |date=September 27, 2023 |access-date=6 January 2025}}

In February 2024, it was announced that Lorenz would be launching a podcast called Power User in partnership with Vox Media.{{Cite news |last=Fischer |first=Sara |date=February 29, 2024 |title=Exclusive: WaPo tech columnist Taylor Lorenz launches video podcast with Vox Media |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/washington-post-taylor-lorenz-video-podcast-vox |access-date=August 17, 2024 |work=Axios |archive-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518153722/https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/washington-post-taylor-lorenz-video-podcast-vox |url-status=live}} In December 2024, Semafor wrote an article which stated that her distribution partnership would not be renewed,{{cite news | last=Tani | first=Max | title=Taylor Lorenz and Vox are parting ways | date=December 8, 2024 | access-date=December 9, 2024 | url=https://www.semafor.com/article/12/08/2024/taylor-lorenz-and-vox-are-parting-ways | work=Semafor}} a claim that Lorenz denied, further clarifying that she retains full ownership of the show and is continuing to publish episodes independently.{{Cite tweet |first=Taylor |last=Lorenz |user=TaylorLorenz |number=1866220797976883269 |title=This is false & there's no "deal" bc I own my podcast 100% outright, all the IP and distribute it myself through YouTube. Nothing about this story is true. Max Tani at Semafor misled people and now ppl think my show was cancelled or something. It's not! Vox continues to be great}}

Lorenz has been the subject of online harassment, often used as a tactic to attempt to discredit her reporting and skills as a journalist.{{Cite web |date=March 1, 2022 |title=What the Harassment of Journalist Taylor Lorenz Can Teach Newsrooms |url=https://mediamanipulation.org/research/what-harassment-journalist-taylor-lorenz-can-teach-newsrooms |access-date=August 18, 2024 |website=Media Manipulation Casebook |language=en |archive-date=August 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818030530/https://mediamanipulation.org/research/what-harassment-journalist-taylor-lorenz-can-teach-newsrooms |url-status=live}}{{Cite book |last1=Posetti |first1=Julie |title=The Chilling: A global study of online violence against women journalists |last2=Shabbir |first2=Nabeelah |date=November 2, 2022 |publisher=International Center for Journalists |isbn=979-8-218-09201-6}} The harassment has been referred to as being coordinated by some, with Nina Jankowicz, stating in an interview "This is clearly coordinated harassment; not in the sense of a Twitter account saying, 'Go attack Taylor Lorenz.' It’s just a diatribe that’s happening on television that’s then sending people toward her."{{Cite web |last=Fossett |first=Katelyn |date=2022-04-22 |title=A toolkit for dealing with online harassment |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2022/04/22/how-to-deal-with-online-harassment-00027124 |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=POLITICO |language=en}} The International Center for Journalists also referred to the harassment as being "increasingly orchestrated or coordinated", noting "swarms of abusers often attack when political actors, high-profile misogynists or partisan journalists issue cues to ‘brigade’ or ‘dogpile’ an individual woman journalist," while discussing the harassment she had encountered following her International Women's Day post on social media.

Lorenz has been a target of harassment and abuse from the right.{{cite web |last1=Marriott |first1=Hannah |title=‘The internet is vicious and toxic, but I’d never go back to the 90s’: Taylor Lorenz talks to Monica Lewinsky |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/05/monica-lewinsky-taylor-lorenz-social-media-interview |website=The Guardian |access-date=20 April 2025 |date=5 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Sean Hannity tells commentator who praised Luigi Mangione she has a ‘missing chip’ |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/sean-hannity-taylor-lorenz-luigi-mangione-b2735022.html |website=The Independent |access-date=20 April 2025 |language=en |date=17 April 2025}} The Independent wrote: "Lorenz is a regular target of attacks from the right online, with comments she makes frequently blowing up and feeding an arguably disingenuous outrage culture, so much so that she has been called 'the most harassed technology journalist in America' and her career recommended for study to fellow reporters."{{cite web |title=Taylor Lorenz slammed for CNN interview about ‘handsome’ Luigi Mangione |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/luigi-mangione-taylor-lorenz-cnn-b2732840.html |website=The Independent |access-date=20 April 2025 |language=en |date=14 April 2025}}

Lorenz has stated that harassment included graphic rape and death threats, doxings, and threats against her family members.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkZ5tnV3zT0 |title=Journalists Face Online Harassment |date=April 8, 2022 |publisher=MSNBC |access-date=August 18, 2024 |via=YouTube |archive-date=August 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818030529/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkZ5tnV3zT0 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Jeffers |first=Juliette |date=2023-10-12 |title=Taylor Lorenz and Hasan Piker on Tumblr, Trolls, and Getting Doxxed |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/taylor-lorenz-and-hasan-piker-on-tumblr-trolls-and-getting-doxxed |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}} According to Lorenz, she has also faced offline harassment including being stalked, as well as both her and her family having been the victims of swatting.{{Cite web |last=Lytton |first=Charlotte |date=October 9, 2023 |title=Taylor Lorenz: I receive death threats just for doing my job |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/taylor-lorenz-i-receive-death-threats-just-for-doing-my-job-ntk73wwcw |access-date=August 18, 2024 |work=The Times |language=en-GB |archive-date=August 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818030529/https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/taylor-lorenz-i-receive-death-threats-just-for-doing-my-job-ntk73wwcw |url-status=live}} The tactics and language that have been used to target Lorenz "mirrors classic misogynistic tropes, and the kind of attitudes associated with offline violence against women, including digital manifestations of gaslighting."

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Lorenz announced her engagement to Christopher Mims, a technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal, in January 2015.{{Cite web |last=Lorenz |first=Taylor |date=January 10, 2015 |title=We're engaged! |website=TaylorLorenz.com |url=http://www.taylorlorenz.com/blog/2016/8/29/were-engaged |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217170219/http://www.taylorlorenz.com:80/blog/2016/8/29/were-engaged |archive-date=February 17, 2020 |access-date=February 28, 2021}} She identified herself as a vegan in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Taylor Lorenz On The Stress And Strangeness Of Pandemic Dining Out |url=https://stories.zagat.com/posts/taylor-lorenz-on-the-strangeness-of-moving-to-la-in-a-pandemic |access-date=March 22, 2022 |website=Zagat Stories |archive-date=March 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326000355/https://stories.zagat.com/posts/taylor-lorenz-on-the-strangeness-of-moving-to-la-in-a-pandemic |url-status=live}} She has said in interviews that she is immunocompromised.{{cite web |url=https://www.quillmag.com/2023/04/21/10-with-taylor-lorenz/ |title=10 with Taylor Lorenz |last=Spike |first=Carlett |date=April 21, 2023 |website=Quill |publisher= |access-date=November 15, 2023 |quote= |archive-date=November 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115164004/https://www.quillmag.com/2023/04/21/10-with-taylor-lorenz/ |url-status=live}}

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