Fortune's editorial production lead specializes in decoding corporate success patterns and newsroom innovation. With a career spanning entrepreneurial storytelling at Entrepreneur, tech analysis at WIRED, and flagship list curation at Fortune, Belanger brings systems-thinking to business journalism.
"The best pitches reveal why corporate achievements matter beyond the boardroom" - From Belanger's ONA keynote
We've followed Lydia Belanger's ascent through journalism's ranks as she's become one of Fortune's essential editorial architects. Her career trajectory reveals a professional who shapes both stories and the systems that deliver them to readers.
Belanger's analysis of DoorDash's Fortune 500 entry dissects modern corporate ascension patterns. Through financial filings and executive interviews, she reveals how platform economies rewrite traditional growth timelines. The piece established her as a decoder of New Economy success metrics.
This commencement speech analysis showcases Belanger's ability to extract business wisdom from unconventional sources. By contextualizing Spielberg's artistic advice within entrepreneurial frameworks, she created crossover content that drove engagement across Fortune's leadership verticals.
An early demonstration of Belanger's grip on gig economy mechanics, this piece combined data journalism with worker interviews to map the incentive architectures fueling on-demand services. Its methodology became a template for analyzing behavioral economics in platform businesses.
Belanger prioritizes stories that reveal broader industry shifts through corporate achievements. A successful pitch might examine how a company's Fortune 500 entry reflects changing sector valuations, similar to her DoorDash analysis that connected food delivery growth to urban infrastructure evolution.
She values behind-the-scenes insights into editorial operations and business workflows. A recent piece on Fortune's list-making process demonstrated her interest in the mechanics of business journalism itself - a rare opportunity for media tech providers to contribute expertise.
Her Uber/Lyft analysis set the standard for examining non-traditional employment models. Current pitches should address hybrid work infrastructures or AI-augmented workforce management systems, particularly those impacting service industries.
Belanger's Spielberg piece exemplifies her approach to extracting actionable business insights from non-corporate leaders. Pitches could connect artistic methodologies to entrepreneurial success or examine how creative industry practices influence Fortune 500 leadership strategies.
As Fortune's editorial operations architect, she's particularly receptive to pitches about CMS innovations, audience analytics tools, or AI-assisted editing systems that demonstrate measurable impacts on newsroom productivity and content quality.
"The most insightful analysis of corporate list journalism since Fortune's founding" - ONA Judging Panel, 2023
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