Taylor Lorenz revealed her resignation from The Washington Post amid an investigation into a meme she posted, marking her exit from legacy media to pursue independent journalism.
I just wanted to get out of legacy media. I feel like it's just really, really difficult to do the kind of reporting that I want to do on the internet within these kind of older institutions as a primary job.
I like to have a really interactive relationship with my audience. I like to be very vocal online, obviously. And I just think all of that is really hard to do in the roles that are available at these legacy institutions.
After the paper launched an investigation into Lorenz over a meme criticizing President Biden, sources claimed her post was a joke reference to a well-known meme taken out of context.
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