WetBurd

My point still stands. The author of this article: - conducts interviews with primary sources and provides direction quotation in the article. - reports on number previously unknown to the public - provides historical chronology of events so readers can understand

I ask again, what would be required for this piece to "count as journalism"?

What publication would you say does qualify as journalism in this case?

I wouldn't go so far to say it "means nothing".

If they were confirmed not-positive before the reopening how come this information was not publicly made available beforehand? If they weren't tested and then went back to work during the reopening, doesn't this indicate a lack of diligence in screening returning employees?

In any case the main issue is that Musk reopened the plant against local authorities' wishes and thus the consequences of such action should be held under scrutiny.

Absolutely! The OP certainly deserves much due respect, especially for taking the time to share and document his business efforts.

However there are tons of people who likely "made the right moves" but were simply not as lucky or lacked resources to make success happen. If anything, this recent pandemic should shed light on how certain events are beyond any one individual's control.

The original article is by a writer of the Washington Post. If this doesn't count as journalism, I struggle to find examples that do.

The journalist spoke with two workers within the production facility. "One of the workers said a supervisor confirmed two positive cases to a group at the Fremont-based seat assembly facility" This is an example of just one supervisor confirming two positive cases. It is likely that there are many more.

Furthermore, "But because Tesla restarted production a week earlier, there could have been cases that were never reported to the county because Tesla was “not required to directly report known cases” before the agreement, county officials said."

It should probably be pointed out that the original article came from the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/09/tesla-f...

Furthermore it is a extremely strong coincidence that this article comes out five days after Musk seemingly randomly attacks Amazon: https://nationalpost.com/technology/elon-musk-amazon-feud-je...

It certainly matches Musk's regular habit of lashing out at his critiques...