Taylor Lorenz Hopes The New York Times Will “Evolve in Their Ways” as She Leaves for The Washington Post

The Washington Post is powering up its coverage of the online world by hiring Taylor Lorenz, The New York Times tech reporter whose stories on influencer culture and social media trends helped usher the Gray Lady into the 21st century. “I think that people do not understand my beat. They don’t take it seriously,” Lorenz said in an interview with Vanity Fair, reflecting on the coverage area that’s made her, at least to a certain generation, the must-read staffer at the Times. The reporter, who will join the Post as a columnist on the Features staff, said that in her role at the Times, she felt like she had to “prove to people” through her reporting that stories about the creator economy and emerging platforms were worth covering. “There’s not room for the commentary aspect,” she said of her current gig. But at the Post, she hopes to take her beat and “blow it up bigger.”