Taylor Lorenz, a prominent technology reporter known for her outspoken stance on COVID compliance, will be departing Vox Media after the company opted not to renew her contract, Semafor reported Sunday.

According to the report, Lorenz’s contract was set to expire at the end of the year. Vox had signed a deal in February to license her podcast and YouTube show, but the financially struggling media company decided against extending the agreement into 2025.

Lorenz, often a lightning rod for media controversy, faced renewed scrutiny last week after making disparaging remarks about slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

“And people wonder why we want these executives dead,” Lorenz tweeted in a now-deleted post about another insurer, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, issuing a policy to deny claims for certain anesthesia procedures. The company decided against the change in policy after a public outcry.

The duality of Taylor Lorenz is that breathing outside without wearing a mask is a violent, psychotic act but executing a guy in cold blood is not. pic.twitter.com/7QRsMGuABc

— Jeremiah Johnson 🌐 (@JeremiahDJohns) December 5, 2024

Lorenz also posted a tweet sharing a photo and the name of Blue Cross Blue Shield’s CEO shortly after Brian Thompson’s death. However, Semafor reported that Vox’s decision not to renew her contract was made prior to these posts.

She wrote a piece appearing to try to downplay her words on her independent Substack titled “User Mag.”

Today, a CEO was assassinated in the streets, leaving behind a wife and children.

If you’re a journalist publishing the faces and names of women CEOs after posting “and people wonder why we want these executives dead” I read that as a threat on mothers and children.

If you’re a… pic.twitter.com/bzhZc2lhke

— Katherine Boyle (@KTmBoyle) December 5, 2024

Her departure from Vox marks the latest chapter in a career increasingly defined by frequent transitions. Prior to joining Vox, Lorenz held positions at Business Insider, The Daily Beast, and The New York Times. In 2022, she left The Times to join The Washington Post before moving on again.

Lorenz then absconded from her position at WaPo in October to write on “User Mag.”

“I don’t need a job at a 200-year-old institution to reach people, break news and have an impact on the world,” she said in an Oct. 1 video on her YouTube channel. “The journalists that I am most inspired by today are those who have taken their voices back into their own hands. Independent content creators who challenge powerful institutions and carve out their own space in a crowded media landscape.”

Lorenz gained widespread attention for unmasking the creator of the popular LibsOfTikTok Twitter account, but she has also faced criticism for her fervent advocacy of strict COVID-19 precautions.

“Planning a Covid safe book launch took months and THOUSANDS of my own dollars ensuring testing, outdoor space, far UV lights, and a litany of other precautions. Meanwhile u dumbfucks are out raw dogging the air and spewing ur disease laden breath all over ur elderly neighbors. We are not the same,” she wrote in an early December post on the BlueSky social media platform.

“The duality of Taylor Lorenz is that breathing outside without wearing a mask is a violent, psychotic act but executing a guy in cold blood is not,” writer Jeremiah Johnson wrote in a December tweet.