Linette Lopez

Linette Lopez is an American journalist who focuses on US politics and economics and writes columns for Business Insider. She also investigates companies involved with public-facing controversies such as Tesla, Inc.

Linette Lopez
EducationB.A. from Columbia University, graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
OccupationJournalist
EmployerBusiness Insider

Career

Lopez attended Columbia University for both undergraduate and graduate studies,[1] where she concentrated in business and international journalism in addition to audio production.[2] Lopez's career in news started in 2008 following her recruitment by Business Insider from Columbia University's School of Journalism following her graduation.[3] At Insider, she aggressively covered entrepreneur Elon Musk's businesses, and, in 2018, Musk openly disputed Lopez's reporting by claiming that she had written "several false articles".[4] He also claimed Lopez was on the payroll of short sellers betting against Tesla and, in the case of Martin Tripp's whistleblowing, paid bribes to Tripp to steal company secrets.[5] Her coverage of Tesla specifically ended in 2021.[6]

Later in 2022, Lopez's Twitter account was suspended following the December 15, 2022 Twitter suspensions of many journalists, without receiving an explanation as to why.[4]

References
  1. "Senior Fund | Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  2. "Linette Lopez - Author Biography". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  3. Lin, Sarah Belle. "How Insider columnist Linette Lopez takes on Elon Musk and Wall Street elites". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  4. Kirsch, Noah (2022-12-16). "Musk Suspends Reporter Who Has Investigated Him for Years". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  5. "What Happened When Elon Musk Set Out to Destroy a Junior Engineer". Bloomberg.com. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  6. "Twitter lifts suspensions on several journalists amid rift between the site and media". WITF. 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
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