21 Facts About Taylor Lorenz

Taylor Lorenz is an American journalist who writes a Substack called User Mag.

Taylor Lorenz was previously a columnist for The Washington Post, a technology reporter for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, and Business Insider, and social media editor for the Daily Mail.

Taylor Lorenz 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.

Taylor Lorenz has said that the social media site Tumblr caused her to become interested in Internet culture.

Taylor Lorenz worked as a social media editor for the Daily Mail from 2011 to 2014, becoming its head of social media.

In 2021, while working for The New York Times, Taylor 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.

In March 2022, Taylor Lorenz left the Times and joined The Washington Post as a technology and online culture columnist.

Taylor Lorenz later interviewed Raichik for an article about Libs of TikTok in February 2024.

In May 2022, Taylor Lorenz published a report in the Post about coordinated attack campaigns against Nina Jankowicz, who was to lead the Disinformation Governance Board for the Department of Homeland Security.

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 Taylor Lorenz did not make the stealth edit.

Taylor Lorenz said she was suspended after asking Musk for comment on a story.

Taylor Lorenz initially denied making the post, and later said that a friend created the captioned picture, which Taylor Lorenz shared.

Taylor Lorenz never published another article for The Post, which did not announce any findings of its investigation.

In October 2024, Taylor Lorenz announced she was leaving The Washington Post to run a Substack publication called "User Mag".

Taylor 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.

In February 2024, it was announced that Taylor Lorenz would be launching a podcast called Power User in partnership with Vox Media.

In December 2024, Semafor wrote an article which stated that her distribution partnership would not be renewed, a claim that Taylor Lorenz denied, further clarifying that she retains full ownership of the show and is continuing to publish episodes independently.

Taylor Lorenz has been the subject of online harassment, often used as a tactic to attempt to discredit her reporting and skills as a journalist.

Taylor Lorenz has been a target of harassment and abuse from the right.

Taylor Lorenz announced her engagement to Christopher Mims, a technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal, in January 2015.

Taylor Lorenz has said in interviews that she is immunocompromised.