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Alison MacAdam

@ajmacadam.bsky.social

Audio journalist. Story editor. Faded redhead. KY-raised, DC-based. Staying sane via soccer and my dog.

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Alison MacAdam@ajmacadam.bsky.social · 3w ago

Thanks to @niemanstoryboard.org for featuring In the Dark’s latest investigative audio series, “The Journey”! @newyorker.com

Mark Armstrong@markarms.bsky.social · 3w ago

My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: @ajmacadam.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes of the newest season of "In the Dark." Plus @alexanderchee.bsky.social on Annie Dillard, and @mdbell79.bsky.social on sequences in storytelling. niemanstoryboard.org/2026/09/18/h...

Alison MacAdam@ajmacadam.bsky.social · last mo.

Really impressive visual storytelling here from @rhersher.bsky.social & team @npr.org - from 2023! - showing exactly how and why floods like last week’s in Nepal happen apps.npr.org/arctic-ice-m...

Living in the shadow of a dangerous shrinking glacier

Melting glaciers are leaving behind large, unstable lakes around the world. Millions of people live downstream, in places increasingly threatened by deadly flash floods. What will it take to protect t...

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Reo Eveleth@reveleth.com · 7mo ago

if you want to know the history of this kind of policy, I made a podcast two years ago that explained why these tests make no sense, how they were already used and eventually abandoned by the IOC in the 80's and 90's, and the devastating impacts they have on real athletes: www.tested-podcast.com

TESTED – A surprising history of women’s sports

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Reo Eveleth@reveleth.com · 7mo ago

*sigh* well... I guess we're doing this again www.olympics.com/ioc/news/int...

Russ The Tedious Ghost@russ41.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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The 51st@51st.news · 8mo ago

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Alison MacAdam@ajmacadam.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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...

Tested

Sports Podcast · Weekly Series · Who gets to compete? Since the beginning of women’s sports, there has been a struggle over who qualifies for the women’s category. Tested follows the unfolding story o...

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Jason Anderson@jasondcsoccer.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman spoke to media at Audi Field during the halftime break. Asked about the league's change from its prior policy on trans players & future plans for a new policy, and got this reply:

I have four things to share, and hopefully that answers everyone's questions, and hopefully we can keep most of this focused on the game and the incredible athleticism on the field. So number one, we support, stand by and are proud of every single player who plays in our league. They deserve our collective kindness, professionalism and respect, and we celebrate them now and every day and through the championship. Number two, when we think about our "policy," what I can say is that every single player who plays in this league is eligible to play in this league. Otherwise they would not be playing. And we are proud of every single player who plays in our league. The third point I would say is, as it relates to this topic generally, it is quite controversial, and there are many different perspectives, and we are doing everything we can to educate ourselves, to listen, to learn, to speak with subject matter experts, to make sure that we have an informed and educated perspective. Our sport deserves that, and any changes that we make will be done in communication and collaboration with our players and our Players Association. And until then, our policy is our current practice, which is that every single player who plays in our league is eligible to play, and we should collectively rally around them, protect them and ensure that they're they're treated with kindness and professionalism.
Alison MacAdam@ajmacadam.bsky.social · last yr.

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.

Alison MacAdam@ajmacadam.bsky.social · last yr.

Great example of local news explaining how government actually works - and the people who make it work. Thanks @maustermuhle.bsky.social @51st.news !

Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · last yr.

🐀 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...