TL;DR
Elizabeth Lopatto, a long-time Verge reporter, invited subscribers to an on-site ask-me-anything during the holiday 'dead week.' She says she'll begin answering questions at 1 PM ET and limits participation to Verge subscribers.
What happened
During the year-end "dead week," Elizabeth Lopatto — who joined The Verge in 2014 and previously worked at Bloomberg — posted an invitation for a subscriber-only ask-me-anything session. Lopatto framed the piece as one of her holiday-week experiments, recalling a past New Year’s Day when she posted about cats and drew reader ire. In the post she described the wide and sometimes elastic scope of her reporting: business coverage, media criticism, heavy metal, extended coverage of Elon Musk, plus occasional pieces on pop culture, policy, legal cases including fraud trials, and outdoor-gear reviews used as an excuse to go backpacking. She told readers she would start answering questions at 1 PM ET and explicitly limited participation to Verge subscribers; the article also includes a prompt to subscribe to continue reading.
Why it matters
- Offers readers direct access to a reporter who covers a range of beats, from business and media to culture and legal reporting.
- Signals how outlet staff sometimes use slow news periods to engage readers and experiment with informal formats.
- Highlights the role of subscription access in who can participate in site events or conversations.
Key facts
- Author: Elizabeth Lopatto.
- Publication date: December 29, 2025, 1:00 PM UTC.
- Lopatto joined The Verge in 2014 and was previously a reporter at Bloomberg.
- She described herself as covering business reporting, media criticism, heavy metal, extended coverage of Elon Musk, pop culture, policy, and legal issues including fraud trials.
- She said she sometimes reviews outdoorsy tech as an excuse to go backpacking for two weeks.
- Lopatto recounted a prior holiday incident where she posted about cats all day and received negative reader reaction.
- The post states she will begin answering reader questions at 1 PM ET.
- The invitation was restricted to Verge subscribers; the piece includes a prompt to subscribe to continue reading.
What to watch next
- Whether Lopatto publishes the answers to the subscriber questions after 1 PM ET: not confirmed in the source.
- Which topics readers choose to ask about during the session (Elon Musk coverage, media criticism, outdoors tech, etc.): not confirmed in the source.
- Whether the AMA format becomes a recurring feature on The Verge: not confirmed in the source.
Quick glossary
- AMA: Short for "ask me anything," a session where a writer or public figure answers audience questions directly.
- Beat: A specific topic area or set of subjects a reporter regularly covers, such as business, culture, or technology.
- Subscriber: A reader who pays for a publication's access, often gaining entry to premium content and subscriber-only events.
- Dead week: A slow news period, typically around major holidays, when newsroom activity and news volume often decrease.
Reader FAQ
Who can submit questions for this session?
The post specifies the invitation is open to Verge subscribers only.
When will Elizabeth Lopatto start answering questions?
She wrote that she will begin answering at 1 PM ET.
What topics will she take questions on?
She listed a wide range of beats she writes about including business, media criticism, heavy metal, Elon Musk coverage, pop culture, policy, and legal issues like fraud trials.
Can non-subscribers read the full session?
The article includes a prompt to subscribe to continue reading; whether full session content is later made public is not confirmed in the source.
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Sources
- I’m The Verge’s Senior Internet Typist, ask me anything while Nilay’s away!
- The Nintendo Power Glove wasn’t very good, but we loved it …
- The Verge
- My Internet: Nilay Patel – by Nick Catucci
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