Kate Conger, Mike Isaac, Ryan Mac & Tiffany Hsu, New York Times: “Two weeks of chaos: Inside Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter”
Casey Newton & Zoë Schiffer, Platformer: “Inside the Twitter meltdown”
Roger Cheng, CNET: “Elon Musk’s Twitter meltdown is the new greatest show on earth”
Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic: “So much for comedy on Twitter”
Ryan Mac, Benjamin Mullin, Kate Conger & Mike Isaac, New York Times: “A verifiable mess: Twitter users create havoc by impersonating brands”
JR Hennessey, The Guardian: “New Twitter boss Elon Musk is the dog that caught the car – with all the journos in the back seat”
Lydia Polgreen, New York Times: “If you want to understand how dangerous Elon Musk is, look outside America”
Oliver Darcy, CNN: “Elon Musk’s Twitter faces its ‘Titanic’ moment as executives and advertisers flee while trolls run rampant”
David Klepper, Associated Press: “Research shows tweets with racial slurs have soared since Elon Musk took over”
Joseph Menn, Cat Zakrzewski, Faiz Siddiqui, Nitasha Tiku & Drew Harwell, Washington Post: “Twitter’s content moderation head quits as departures alarm the FTC”
Politfact: “Politifact: Is Elon Musk under federal investigation? Here’s what we know”
Al Tompkins, Poynter: “The fake tweet about free insulin sweeps the internet”
Drew Harwell, Washington Post: “A fake tweet sparked panic at Eli Lilly and may hav cost Twitter millions”
Tom Warren, The Verge: “This Chrome extension tells you who paid for Twitter’s blue checkmark”
Raquel Maria Dillon & Mary Yang, NPR: “Some Twitter users flying the coop hope Mastadon will be a safe landing”
Emma Bubola, New York Times: “Twitter users, sensing the end of an era, confess their secrets”
Tech company layoffs
Sarah Scire, Nieman Lab: “Meta’s layoffs make it official: Facebook is ready to part ways with the news”
Frank Pallotta, CNN: “Jeff Bezos hints he’s buying the Washington Commanders: “’We’ll have to wait and see”
Karen Weise, New York Times: “Amazon is said to plan to lay off thousands of employees”
Jack Mirkinson, Discourse Blog: “This is not journalism”
Mid-term elections
Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times: “Murdoch’s news outlets extend their criticism of Trump.”
Tom Jones, Poynter: “Opinion: How should the media cover Donald Trump now?”
Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill: “Fox News faces post-midterm choice between Trump, DeSantis”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “What happened to the Democrats’ ‘messaging crisis’?”
Ohio journalist arrested
Freedom of the Press Foundation: “Ohio authorities ignore Supreme Court to arrest journalist”
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: “Ohio editor charged with wiretapping after publishing obtained court recording”
Committee to Protect Journalists: “CPJ alarmed by wiretapping charges against Ohio newspaper editor”
Staff, The Sciotto Valley Guardian: “Guardian’s editor charged with wiretapping after writing story on Wagner trial”
Getting ready for the World Cup
Sara Guaglione, Digiday: “How Bleacher Report is using animation to differentiate its World Cup coverage”
NBC Sports Group: “Telemundo surrounds FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 with most ambitious coverage and production ever”
Tariq Panja, New York Times: “Qatar World Cup faces new edict: Hide the beer”
Wakanda Forever
Frank Pallotta, CNN: “’Wakanda Forever’ aims to recreate blockbuster magic. Disney and theaters are counting on it”
A Martínez & Glen Weldon, NPR: “’Wakanda Forever’ hopes to replicate the success of ‘Black Panther’”
Marisa Dellatto, Forbes: “’Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ ranks No. 1 in opening weekend – and second-biggest this year”
Albert Samaha, BuzzFeed News: “’Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ review: Not as good as the first but still moving”
