OPW – Each year, we review which reporters received the most coverage on Online Personals Watch. Here are our rankings for 2025.
1. Sydney Bradley, Business Insider (15 articles)
A new name on this list in 2024, Sydney takes the top spot for last year with 15 articles used on OPW. She is a Senior Reporter at Business Insider covering media and tech, with a focus on social media platforms, dating apps, and the creator economy. In 2025, she covered how AI, new formats, and user fatigue are reshaping online dating. Her reporting focused on AI matchmaking bets by big apps and the rise of alternative, niche dating platforms.
2. Lauren Forristal, Tech Crunch (11 articles)
Lauren remains one of the most prolific reporters writing about internet dating. In 2025, we featured 11 of her articles. She is a consumer news reporter at TechCrunch. In 2025, Lauren covered online dating through stories on experimental new apps and AI-driven features that try to fix problems with traditional swipe platforms.
3. Natalie Lung, Bloomberg (5 articles)
Natalie is a tech reporter at Bloomberg News in New York covering consumer apps, including travel and dating platforms, including AI.
4.-7., all with 4 articles:
Amanda Silberling, Tech Crunch
Amanda Silberling is a senior culture writer at TechCrunch covering how technology affects people, including social media, online communities, and creator work. In 2025, her reporting on online dating focused on how Gen Z are changing dating culture by using alternative platforms and social apps instead of traditional swipe-based dating services.
Anna Iovine, Mashable
Anna Iovine is an associate features editor at Mashable, where she edits and writes longform stories about sex, dating, health, and how technology shapes modern relationships. Her articles in 2025 explored AI in dating apps, the reality of dating this year, and where dating culture is headed next.
Henry Chandonnet, Business Insider
Henry is another new name on our list. He is a business news reporter at Business Insider covering consumer AI, and tech culture. He joined Insider in 2025 after writing trending tech news for Fast Company. In 2025, Henry covered how AI is transforming dating apps and how new matchmaking apps are challenging Tinder and Bumble.
Ivan Mehta, Tech Crunch
Ivan Mehta is a consumer tech reporter at TechCrunch covering global app ecosystems, social media platforms, and digital policy. In 2025, he covered online dating mainly through the lens of AI-driven matchmaking startups and new product bets from established dating-app leaders.
8.-9. both with 3 articles
Brittaney Kiefer, AdWeek
Brittaney Kiefer is the creative editor at Adweek, based in London, where she leads coverage of brands, culture, and creativity in advertising. In 2025, she mainly covered major dating-app brands’ marketing and brand strategy.
Sarah Perez, Tech Crunch
Sarah Perez is the Consumer News Editor at TechCrunch, where she leads coverage of consumer technology, mobile apps, social media platforms, and digital trends. In 2025, her articles covered how big dating apps are rolling out AI features to revive growth and change how people match, message, and present themselves.
10. shared by Zack Whittaker, Aisha Malik (both Tech Crunch), Reece Rogers (Wired), David Salazar (Fast Company), Eli Tan (New York Times), all with 2 articles used in 2025.