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By Ellise Shafer.

I toiled for many years as a reporter in relative obscurity. I gained some notoriety in the Twin Cities, where I had a very fun gig as the digital reporter for the City Pages in Minneapolis from to , but I didn't have a social media platform to speak of until I started posting video clips to Twitter in the fall of At that time I had about 5, Twitter followers. From then until basically the present day my Twitter following has grown exponentially, up to over , at last check. That audience is my currency as a journalist, helping me get to Vox and ultimately making it possible for me to go independent with this newsletter. In some ways I owe my career to video threads. But live-tweeting political events with clips wasn't something I sought out to do.

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By Ellise Shafer. Twitter suspended the accounts of several high-profile journalists who cover Elon Musk on Thursday night, including Keith Olbermann and Aaron Rupar. The Washington Post reported that many of the journalists had written about Musk banning the ElonJet account on Wednesday that tracked the movements of his private jet and had also been critical of Musk on Twitter. Some of the journalists had tweeted a link to the tracking account on Twitter rival Mastodon Social. Olbermann confirmed to Variety that he was first suspended — then permanently suspended — from Twitter and shared that his last tweets were in support of other banned journalists. We have asked Twitter for an explanation, and we will reevaluate our relationship based on that response. The jet-tracking bot was created by Florida college student Jack Sweeney , whose own personal Twitter account has also been suspended.

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The move came on the same day that Twitter suspended the account of social media rival platform Mastodon. Rupar was an Associate Editor at Vox Media until , and has been covering national politics as an independent journalist ever since. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies.

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For assistance, contact your corporate administrator. Expand the sub menu Global. This post is for paid subscribers Subscribe. Copy link. The Washington Post reported that many of the journalists had written about Musk banning the ElonJet account on Wednesday that tracked the movements of his private jet and had also been critical of Musk on Twitter. More From Our Brands. Asia Global. Switch edition between U. My job title was deputy editor, but when I began there in February there was a need for someone to write about the Republican presidential primary. The jet-tracking bot was created by Florida college student Jack Sweeney , whose own personal Twitter account has also been suspended.

Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission. With a blizzard in the Twin Cities closing day care on Thursday, Aaron Rupar was keeping an eye on his 7-month-old when he got a rush of texts from friends asking why he was suddenly banned on Twitter.

Expand the sub menu Global. How I became the Twitter video thread guy www. Expand the sub menu What to Hear. Nov 4, Expand the sub menu More Variety. That audience is my currency as a journalist, helping me get to Vox and ultimately making it possible for me to go independent with this newsletter. Expand the sub menu Docs. More From Our Brands. You are no longer onsite at your organization. The jet-tracking bot was created by Florida college student Jack Sweeney , whose own personal Twitter account has also been suspended. This site requires JavaScript to run correctly.