Taylor Lorenz on Why All Culture is Internet Culture
Offline with Jon Favreau
Crooked Media
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
This week, Jon is joined by the technology reporter Taylor Lorenz. Covering what she calls “communication and connection,” Taylor has written extensively about the content creator economy, changing media ecosystems, TikTok, and more. The two talk about some of Taylor’s recent stories, break down why she left the New York Times for the Washington Post, and discuss what journalism in our internet-first age requires of writers and media publications.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, so first of all, I cover YouTubers for living. |
| 0:04.4 | So you're familiar with that? |
| 0:06.0 | If I cared about mean Twitter replies, like I wouldn't have my beat. |
| 0:09.1 | Like I have Jake Pauler's, you know, telling me to kill myself every day. |
| 0:12.0 | I don't care. |
| 0:13.0 | It's just part of the territory. |
| 0:14.0 | It doesn't affect me. |
| 0:15.0 | I always say, I'm like death threats who cares. |
| 0:18.6 | I'm John Fabro. |
| 0:19.6 | Welcome to Offland. |
| 0:20.9 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:23.6 | My guest today is Taylor Lorenz, a tech reporter who's worked at The Atlantic, The New York |
| 0:28.3 | Times, and now The Washington Post. |
| 0:31.4 | But because Taylor is good at what she does, her reporting isn't just confined to writing |
| 0:35.3 | at these prestigious institutions. |
| 0:37.6 | She's everywhere. |
| 0:38.6 | She's on just about every platform, reaching all kinds of different audiences with journalism |
| 0:42.7 | that covers what she calls the communication and connection beat. |
| 0:46.8 | Basically, what this podcast is about. |
| 0:49.6 | Except Taylor's been doing it for 13 years now, so she's seen it all. |
| 0:54.1 | She's covered how the creator economy is swiftly changing. |
| 0:57.0 | She'll filed some of the internet's biggest names, and written about how young people |
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