Taylor Lorenz

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Taylor Lorenz
Taylor Lorenz on stage at Pilcrow House in 2019.jpg
Lorenz in 2020
Bornc. 1984–1987[a]
New York City, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EmployerThe New York Times
Awards
Writing career
GenreJournalism
SubjectInternet culture
Websitewww.taylorlorenz.com Edit this at Wikidata

Taylor Lorenz (born c. 1984–1987[a]) is an American culture and technology reporter for The New York Times Business section, covering topics related to internet culture.[1] In 2020, Fortune magazine included her in their 40 Under 40 listing and Adweek included her on their "2020 Young Influentials Who Are Shaping Media, Marketing and Tech" list. She was a 2019 Knight Visiting Fellow at Harvard University and is an affiliate at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.[2]

Early life and education[]

Lorenz was born in New York City[3][a] and grew up in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.[8] She attended Greenwich High School[8] and a Swiss boarding school. She attended college at the University of Colorado Boulder,[9] later transferring to Hobart and William Smith College, where she graduated with a BA in Political Science.[10] Lorenz has stated that social media site Tumblr, where she maintained a blog in her early 20s, caused her to become interested in internet culture.[11]

Career[]

Lorenz joined The New York Times in September 2019.[12][13] She previously worked as Global Head of Social Media for the Daily Mail,[14] a senior editor and director of emerging platforms at The Hill,[15] and wrote as a technology and culture writer for Business Insider,[16] The Atlantic, and The Daily Beast.[5][2][17] For the Times, Lorenz works as a culture[18] and technology reporter, covering trends in social media and the internet habits of young people.[5][19] 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."[20]

Lorenz was an active user of Clubhouse, an audio-based social media platform popular in the venture capital community.[21][22][23][24]

In mid-2020, Lorenz signed a deal with publisher Simon & Schuster for a book titled Extremely Online: Gen Z, the Rise of Influencers, and the Creation of a New American Dream.[25]

Accolades[]

Lorenz was named to Fortune's 40 Under 40 listing for 2020 under the "Media and Entertainment" category. 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] 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."[26] Reason magazine credited her with popularizing the term "OK boomer" in a story declaring "the end of friendly generational relations."[17]

Personal life[]

Lorenz maintains an active social media presence on multiple platforms including Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok and said in 2020 that she spends "all day, every day on the internet."[18] In July 2020, when Lorenz was still a resident of New York, she asked for advice in a tweet about where to move in the Los Angeles area; the tweet drew criticism and "revealed deeply entrenched stereotypes that Angelenos harbor about one another."[27] That summer, she moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.[28]

In January 2015, Lorenz announced her engagement to Christopher Mims, a technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal.[29][30]

Lawsuit[]

In August 2021, Lorenz, along with The New York Times, were sued by influencer talent agent and entrepreneur Ariadna Jacob[31] for defamation in relation to an August 2020 article about her company Influences.com.[32] Jacob claims in the lawsuit that the article contained "numerous false and disparaging statements" about her and her business, including the accusation that she leaked nude images of one of her clients and hiked up the rent on her content house tenants. Jacob also claimed that Lorenz failed to disclose her working relationship as a client of United Talent Agency, a firm that she covered favorably in the New York Times[33] and was a rival to Influences creating a potential conflict of interest. Jacob claims that she lost 85 clients following the publication of the article and is seeking seeking damages in excess of $6.2 million. Jordan Cohen, spokesperson for the New York Times, stated that they would defend the lawsuit saying "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."[34][35][36]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c According to Politico, Lorenz's birthday is October 21.[4] Fortune stated her age as 35 as of September 2020.[5] However, The New York Times — prior to her employment with the newspaper — stated that her age was 31 in 2018.[6] CBS News stated in 2016 that she was 30.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "MEDIA MOVES: Styles NYT to Business NYT, Taylor Lorenz". Qwoted. July 30, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Taylor Lorenz - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  3. ^ Esposito, Brad (February 8, 2021). "Very Fine Day #2: Taylor Lorenz". Very Fine Day. Retrieved February 28, 2021 – via Substack.
  4. ^ Sherman, Jake; Palmer, Anna (October 21, 2020). "Politico Playbook: New poll: Biden edges Trump on the economy". Politico. Retrieved February 27, 2021. Birthdays: ... NYT's Taylor Lorenz ...
  5. ^ a b c d Fortune staff (September 2, 2020). "Taylor Lorenz | 2020 40 under 40 in Media and Entertainment". Fortune. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  6. ^ La Ferla, Ruth (August 29, 2018). "These Companies Really, Really, Really Want to Freeze Your Eggs". The New York Times. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  7. ^ CBS News staff (February 1, 2016). "Cries of "oh my God" heard on moving Amtrak train". CBS News. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  8. ^ a b Marchant, Robert (March 18, 2021). "CT native Taylor Lorenz got attacked on Twitter. She's not the only woman to face online harassment". Greenwich Time. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  9. ^ Lammer, Aaron; Linsky, Max (August 19, 2019). "Longform Podcast #355: Taylor Lorenz". Longform.org (Podcast). Event occurs at 11:32. Retrieved July 21, 2021. I grew up in Connecticut, in Greenwich, Connecticut, I went to this kind of small Swiss boarding school and then I went to University of Colorado for college.
  10. ^ Roush, Chris (April 30, 2018). "Lorenz hired by The Atlantic to cover tech". Talking Biz News. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  11. ^ Lammer, Aaron; Linsky, Max (August 19, 2019). "Longform Podcast #355: Taylor Lorenz". Longform.org (Podcast). Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  12. ^ Sicha, Choire (August 14, 2019). "Taylor Lorenz to Join Styles". The New York Times Company (Press release). Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  13. ^ Sherman, Jake; Palmer, Anna; Ross, Garrett; Okun, Eli. "Politico Playbook PM: The geeky economic indicator that could seal Trump's fate". Politico. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  14. ^ Capital staff (July 18, 2014). "The 60-second interview: Taylor Lorenz, head of social media, The Daily Mail/Mail Online". Politico. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  15. ^ Epstein, Kayla (September 7, 2017). "Under the watchful eye of Snapchat's Maps". Chicago Tribune. The Washington Post. p. 2. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  16. ^ "Taylor Lorenz". Business Insider. Insider Inc. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  17. ^ a b Gillespie, Nick (February 26, 2020). "Taylor Lorenz Makes Sense of Online Culture for the Rest of Us". Reason.com. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  18. ^ a b Lorenz, Taylor; Underwood, Lindsey; Grose, Jessica (July 16, 2020). "How to Report on Internet Culture and the Teens Who Rule It". The New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  19. ^ Barber, Kayleigh (March 24, 2020). "How The New York Times' Taylor Lorenz gets teenagers to talk about their digital habits". Digiday. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  20. ^ "Taylor Lorenz - Interview". The Caret. February 13, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  21. ^ Koebler, Jason; Merlan, Anna; Cox, Joseph (July 2, 2020). "Silicon Valley Elite Discuss Journalists Having Too Much Power in Private App". Vice. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  22. ^ Newton, Casey (July 8, 2020). "The creators of the buzzy audio app Clubhouse made a depressingly common mistake". The Verge.
  23. ^ Levy, Stephen (July 10, 2020). "Where Are the Adults in the Clubhouse?". Wired.
  24. ^ Basu, Tanya (January 25, 2021). "The future of social networks might be audio". MIT Technology Review.
  25. ^ Deahl, Rachel (June 1, 2020). "Deals: Lorenz Goes 'Online' at Simon & Schuster". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 267 no. 22. p. 11. ISSN 0000-0019 – via DigitalPW.com.
  26. ^ Adweek staff (August 9, 2020). "Meet Adweek's 2020 Young Influentials Who Are Shaping Media, Marketing and Tech". Adweek. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  27. ^ Hernandez, Daniel (July 17, 2020). "A New York writer asked 'L.A. Twitter' where she should live. It didn't go well". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  28. ^ Lorenz, Taylor; Mohney, Chris (December 7, 2020). "Taylor Lorenz on the Stress and Strangeness of Pandemic Dining Out". Zagat Stories. Zagat. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  29. ^ Lorenz, Taylor (January 10, 2015). "We're engaged!". TaylorLorenz.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  30. ^ Campbell, Colin (May 4, 2015). "Man stabbed to death outside Health Care for the Homeless". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  31. ^ www.ariadnajacob.com http://www.ariadnajacob.com/. Retrieved November 18, 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  32. ^ "Influences - A Creator Company". Influences. July 12, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  33. ^ Lorenz, Taylor (April 6, 2020). "These Top Hollywood Agents Are Signing All the Influencers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  34. ^ Siu, Antoinette (August 13, 2021). "TikTok Talent Agent Ariadna Jacob Sues NY Times, Reporter Taylor Lorenz for Defamation (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  35. ^ "Talent Agent for TikTok Personalities Sues Over New York Times Story Alleging Influencer Exploitation". New York Law Journal. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  36. ^ https://pdfserver.amlaw.com/legalradar/41382524_complaint.pdf

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