Taylor Lorenz

Career

Taylor Lorenz has worked as a technology reporter for The Daily Beast, The Atlantic and the business section of The New York Times, and later as a technology columnist in The Washington Post's business section covering online culture and the content creator industry. Lorenz's writing has also appeared in New York magazine, Rolling Stone and Outside.¹

Lorenz was a 2019 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and is a former affiliate of Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. In 2020 Lorenz helped adapt a feature written for The New York Times into the documentary "Who Gets To Be An Influencer?", which ran on FX and Hulu.¹

Channel and publications

Lorenz writes User Mag, an independent publication on Substack about how people use technology. Its about page says it covers online phenomena, under-the-radar trends, platform developments, policy initiatives and the forces that shape power on the internet, arriving one to three times a week as short articles, deep dives and interviews. The site also hosts the Power User podcast.²

Lorenz is the author of the book "Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet", and has appeared in documentaries including Netflix's "Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga" and HBO's "Fake Famous".¹

Work and contributions

• User Mag Show, channel or publication

  Writes articles, deep dives, and interviews on technology users, online culture, and platforms.²

• Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet Show, channel or publication

  Author of a book about fame, influence, and power on the internet.¹

Timeline

1. 2019Named a Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.¹
2. 2020Helped adapt a New York Times feature into the documentary "Who Gets To Be An Influencer?" for FX and Hulu.¹

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.

• Technology columnist, The Washington Post¹
• Technology reporter, The New York Times¹

Honors and recognition

• Knight Visiting Nieman Fellowship · Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, 2019¹

Where they work

• User Mag 1 person in the wiki

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