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Taylor Lorenz

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Taylor Lorenz is an American journalist and technology columnist who covers Internet culture and wrote the 2023 book Extremely Online.

Biography

Taylor Lorenz is an American journalist and technology columnist born in 1984 or 1985. Her reporting covers Internet culture. She has written for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Business Insider, and The Daily Mail.

In 2023, Lorenz published Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet. She left The Washington Post in 2024 and moved from legacy media into independent, alternative media. She then launched the newsletter User Mag and the podcast Power User. Lorenz has also been a frequent target of online harassment.

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Books by Taylor Lorenz

Extremely Online
Published in 2023, Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet is Taylor Lorenz’s book about fame, influence, and power online.