Sydney Bradley has been covering media and tech for Business Insider since 2020. She breaks news and writes extensively about Instagram and Facebook, as well as new social media startups, dating apps, the creator economy, venture capital, and tech culture.
She regularly contributes to BI's "After Hours" series, where our reporters dive into the social scenes shaping tech, media, and finance.
Sydney's reporting on Instagram was nominated as a finalist for the 2021 Los Angeles Press Club National Entertainment Journalism Awards.
She regularly contributes to BI's "After Hours" series, where our reporters dive into the social scenes shaping tech, media, and finance.
Sydney's reporting on Instagram was nominated as a finalist for the 2021 Los Angeles Press Club National Entertainment Journalism Awards.
Education
University of Virginia, 2019
American Studies
graduated with high distinction
University of Oxford
... for a summer abroad
American Studies
graduated with high distinction
University of Oxford
... for a summer abroad
Other Jobs
Freelance Photographer
NYC and wherever else people have me2023-
Editorial Associate
Modeworld
2019-2020
Editor
Pure Nowhere
2020
Intern
The Face
2019
*Bonus: I was The Face’s first US intern when it was revamped. We worked out of a coworking space in Bushwick. Ask me about it.
Social Media Manager and Editorial Intern
Virginia Quarterly Review
2017-2019
Student Council Vice President
UVA
2017-2017
*I resigned, politics wasn’t for me.
Daycare Assistant
2016-2018
*Bonus: I was really good at changing diapers and getting kids down for naptime, if you need a babysitter.
Modeworld
2019-2020
Editor
Pure Nowhere
2020
Intern
The Face
2019
*Bonus: I was The Face’s first US intern when it was revamped. We worked out of a coworking space in Bushwick. Ask me about it.
Social Media Manager and Editorial Intern
Virginia Quarterly Review
2017-2019
Student Council Vice President
UVA
2017-2017
*I resigned, politics wasn’t for me.
Daycare Assistant
2016-2018
*Bonus: I was really good at changing diapers and getting kids down for naptime, if you need a babysitter.