Alison MacAdam
@ajmacadam.bsky.social
Audio journalist. Story editor. Faded redhead. KY-raised, DC-based. Staying sane via soccer and my dog.
Pinned
I would strongly recommend to anyone in the #NWSL who is trying to learn from "subject matter experts," go listen to "Tested," by @reveleth.com (from @npr.org & CBC). It's a full education on the history of sex testing in women's sports & DSD athletes today
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November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I would strongly recommend to anyone in the #NWSL who is trying to learn from "subject matter experts," go listen to "Tested," by @reveleth.com (from @npr.org & CBC). It's a full education on the history of sex testing in women's sports & DSD athletes today
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Queen 👑
37.5% - In penalty shootouts in all competitions for #NWSL teams, Aubrey Kingsbury has saved 37.5% of the on-target penalties she has faced (9/24). All other goalkeepers have combined to save just 17.2% (20/116). Different.
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Queen 👑
Check out the trailer now! Episodes coming Oct 28th.
“Blood Relatives,” a new series from the Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast In the Dark, examines the story of the Whitehouse Farm murders—the most infamous family massacre in British history.
In the Dark Releases “Blood Relatives,” an Examination of a Notorious British Crime
The New Yorker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative podcast returns with a six-part series that asks whether one of the U.K.’s most famous murder cases ended with a wrongful conviction.
www.newyorker.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Check out the trailer now! Episodes coming Oct 28th.
Yup. Hostile to media… and *completely uninterested* in journalism.
Add to that the fact that we were all suddenly owned by tech companies who are notoriously hostile to media and it was an uneasy relationship at very best. Spotify almost fired me for talking to the press about their decision to buy the Joe Rogan podcast.
September 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Yup. Hostile to media… and *completely uninterested* in journalism.
A maddening, in-depth explanation of how parks in DC are managed (and what the Prez can and can’t do about it) - thanks to @maustermuhle.bsky.social @51st.news
“It’s very analogous to all the other things we’re seeing,” says the author of a 2023 report on the state of federal parks in the city. “The federal government is not set up to run the city of Washington, D.C.”
Trump says he wants to make D.C. parks great again. That might be harder than he thinks
Residents say the federal government has long created more problems than solutions for the city’s green spaces.
51st.news
September 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A maddening, in-depth explanation of how parks in DC are managed (and what the Prez can and can’t do about it) - thanks to @maustermuhle.bsky.social @51st.news
Dear @nwslsoccer.com: As long as this continues to be how you welcome fans to your app, I refuse to use it. There has got to be a better way…
August 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Dear @nwslsoccer.com: As long as this continues to be how you welcome fans to your app, I refuse to use it. There has got to be a better way…
I wish people who crap on the “mainstream media” or investigative journalism who see how much damn time we spend working to get the facts right. Sometimes it reaches levels of absurdity (is it “and” or “but”? Is it “secret” or “furtive”?) but it’s all in service of actual truth.
August 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I wish people who crap on the “mainstream media” or investigative journalism who see how much damn time we spend working to get the facts right. Sometimes it reaches levels of absurdity (is it “and” or “but”? Is it “secret” or “furtive”?) but it’s all in service of actual truth.
This is a big deal but most of the coverage is superficial and misinformed. Good thing there is someone who spent a *decade* digging into this (@reveleth.com)! Excellent explainer 👇
I wrote up what the new World Athletics policy actually means, who is exempt, and what might come next, along with a little *hot take* about the financial piece of this. buttondown.com/tested/archi...
World Athletics is indeed going back to mandatory sex testing.
In unsurprising, but still pretty unfortunate news: Yesterday, World Athletics announced that it would indeed be bringing back genetic sex testing for all...
buttondown.com
August 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is a big deal but most of the coverage is superficial and misinformed. Good thing there is someone who spent a *decade* digging into this (@reveleth.com)! Excellent explainer 👇
Great example of local news explaining how government actually works - and the people who make it work. Thanks @maustermuhle.bsky.social @51st.news !
🐀 It’s an unpleasant reality of city life: Animals get run over or otherwise die, and someone has to clean them up. I met the two D.C. workers who spend their days doing this thankless-yet-critical job – and you’d be surprised just how busy they are. For @51st.news: 51st.news/dc-who-colle...
These two D.C. workers pick up the city's dead animals
A deceased deer, a run-over rat, a headless goat: someone has to get rid of them.
51st.news
July 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Great example of local news explaining how government actually works - and the people who make it work. Thanks @maustermuhle.bsky.social @51st.news !
This story focuses on Pineapple St’s Hollywood-adjacent shows, but Pineapple was one of the most creative makers of longform, narrative journalism: HYSTERICAL, WILL BE WILD, BECAUSE OF ANITA, CATCH & KILL - just to name a few. This is very sad news!
Audacy is closing down its Pineapple Street podcast studio and largely leaving the business of producing podcasts for third-party brands.
Pineapple Street, ‘Hacks’ and ‘Severance’ Podcast Studio, to Shut Down
Audacy is closing down its Pineapple Street podcast studio and largely leaving the business of producing podcasts for third-party brands.
bit.ly
June 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This story focuses on Pineapple St’s Hollywood-adjacent shows, but Pineapple was one of the most creative makers of longform, narrative journalism: HYSTERICAL, WILL BE WILD, BECAUSE OF ANITA, CATCH & KILL - just to name a few. This is very sad news!
Reposted by Alison MacAdam
Rainbow during takeoff from DCA @capitalweather.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Rainbow during takeoff from DCA @capitalweather.bsky.social
Reposted by Alison MacAdam
An @ire.org Master Class at IRE 25 in New Orleans Friday June 20. Learn narrative-driven, investigative audio storytelling. Featuring @fernandaechavarri.bsky.social of Latino USA, podcast editor
@ajmacadam.bsky.social (The 13th Step), @bmccarthynews.bsky.social & Kristin Nelson of @bostonglobe.com
@ajmacadam.bsky.social (The 13th Step), @bmccarthynews.bsky.social & Kristin Nelson of @bostonglobe.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
An @ire.org Master Class at IRE 25 in New Orleans Friday June 20. Learn narrative-driven, investigative audio storytelling. Featuring @fernandaechavarri.bsky.social of Latino USA, podcast editor
@ajmacadam.bsky.social (The 13th Step), @bmccarthynews.bsky.social & Kristin Nelson of @bostonglobe.com
@ajmacadam.bsky.social (The 13th Step), @bmccarthynews.bsky.social & Kristin Nelson of @bostonglobe.com
After #Nats game but during @washingtonspirit.com game 👀⚽️
June 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
After #Nats game but during @washingtonspirit.com game 👀⚽️
Reposted by Alison MacAdam
Audio/Radio/Podcast journalists. Learn from/pitch the best in audio @ire.org Conference June 19-22 in New Orleans. Including: @thisamericanlife.org, @npr.org Embedded, @revealnews.org, @wonderymedia.bsky.social, @npr.org Station Investigations, @nhpr.org Document & more: www.ire.org/training/con...
IRE 2025 - Investigative Reporters & Editors
Investigative Reporters and Editors' annual investigative journalism conference is June 19-22, 2025 in New Orleans.
www.ire.org
June 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Audio/Radio/Podcast journalists. Learn from/pitch the best in audio @ire.org Conference June 19-22 in New Orleans. Including: @thisamericanlife.org, @npr.org Embedded, @revealnews.org, @wonderymedia.bsky.social, @npr.org Station Investigations, @nhpr.org Document & more: www.ire.org/training/con...
This is big news - if you care about threats to a free press… or addiction treatment… or NH…
or a whole lot of other things
or a whole lot of other things
May 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This is big news - if you care about threats to a free press… or addiction treatment… or NH…
or a whole lot of other things
or a whole lot of other things
Just came across this gem from an old editor training and it made me so happy all over again
May 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just came across this gem from an old editor training and it made me so happy all over again
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What with all this RFK news, we want to hear your thoughts. What do you think about the stadium deal, and how would you like to see the RFK site used? Let us know in this survey. (If you're willing, we may reach out to you for an interview!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
What do you think of the city's RFK deal?
If somehow you haven't heard, the Commanders are planning a D.C. return. The city struck a $3.7 billion deal to bring the team back to RFK Stadium by 2030. Per the terms of the agreement, the…
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May 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What with all this RFK news, we want to hear your thoughts. What do you think about the stadium deal, and how would you like to see the RFK site used? Let us know in this survey. (If you're willing, we may reach out to you for an interview!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
😭 Is anyone else unable to get this game on Paramount+? That’s where it’s supposed to be but Paramount seems to be streaming an old game 😱 #NWSL
0-1 Gotham :(
April 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
😭 Is anyone else unable to get this game on Paramount+? That’s where it’s supposed to be but Paramount seems to be streaming an old game 😱 #NWSL
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March 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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If you want to actually really truly understand this - listen to Rose’s podcast “TESTED” ⬇️
Welp, here it is. World Athletics is going back to mandatory sex testing for all women. This is something that was done for years, but abandoned in the 1990's because it was invasive, discriminatory, and also useless. news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
World Athletics to introduce mandatory sex testing for female competitions
Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, says the governing body feels the mandatory tests for athletes are "a really important way of providing confidence".
news.sky.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If you want to actually really truly understand this - listen to Rose’s podcast “TESTED” ⬇️
Reposted by Alison MacAdam
Welp, here it is. World Athletics is going back to mandatory sex testing for all women. This is something that was done for years, but abandoned in the 1990's because it was invasive, discriminatory, and also useless. news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
World Athletics to introduce mandatory sex testing for female competitions
Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, says the governing body feels the mandatory tests for athletes are "a really important way of providing confidence".
news.sky.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Welp, here it is. World Athletics is going back to mandatory sex testing for all women. This is something that was done for years, but abandoned in the 1990's because it was invasive, discriminatory, and also useless. news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
Reposted by Alison MacAdam
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His mother "described Schmidt being 'violently interrogated' at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower" and "pressured" to give up his green card
His mother "described Schmidt being 'violently interrogated' at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower" and "pressured" to give up his green card
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
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March 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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His mother "described Schmidt being 'violently interrogated' at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower" and "pressured" to give up his green card
His mother "described Schmidt being 'violently interrogated' at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower" and "pressured" to give up his green card
Hero.
Story by @laurawags.bsky.social is the WaPo about @npr.org ‘s Gaza-based reporter, Anas Baba.
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Story by @laurawags.bsky.social is the WaPo about @npr.org ‘s Gaza-based reporter, Anas Baba.
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March 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Hero.
Story by @laurawags.bsky.social is the WaPo about @npr.org ‘s Gaza-based reporter, Anas Baba.
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Story by @laurawags.bsky.social is the WaPo about @npr.org ‘s Gaza-based reporter, Anas Baba.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
I love that my friends at NPR’s Embedded podcast are currently beating out the White Lotus pod. And it’s because of their *exceptional* new 3-part series, ALTERNATE REALITIES by @zachmack.bsky.social. It’s heart-breaking, heart-warming, minimalist and elegant.
March 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I love that my friends at NPR’s Embedded podcast are currently beating out the White Lotus pod. And it’s because of their *exceptional* new 3-part series, ALTERNATE REALITIES by @zachmack.bsky.social. It’s heart-breaking, heart-warming, minimalist and elegant.