You can help build billionaire-free local news. Repost this -> I give $1 Follow @51st.news -> I give $1 Follow me -> I give $1 Donate -> I match your gift Let's fight misinformation, help good journalists to make a decent living, and stick a big ol' finger in Jeff Bezos' eye.

In case you want a six part podcast documentary series to explain why this is a Bad Idea boy do I have one for you! www.tested-podcast.com

If you live in and/or care about DC and good-quality info, and you haven’t yet checked out @51st.news - there’s no better time… 👇‼️

What would it take for Rock Creek NPS to achieve the basic responsibility of shoveling a sidewalk nearly *two weeks* after the storm? (This is along 16th St NW beside Carter Barron) @cmfrumin.bsky.social @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social @51st.news

This is the absolute truth. (Here’s looking at you, @verizonofficial.bsky.social “live agent.”)

What do we think: Must it be plural or can we accept a singular JORT?

Kind of cool but also makes me feel 🤢

I wish Grant Wahl was here rn

how is this real

Kate and Croix!! 👏👏👏 @washingtonspirit.com #USWNT

Perfect day for soccer at Rowdy Cloudy Audi! No danger of the @washingtonspirit.com getting blinded by the sun this time. Let’s go Spirit! #NWSLPlayoffs

I keep hearing how the Disney/YouTubeTV spat is making it hard to watch (American 😉) football, but spare a thought for us #NWSL fans who won't be able to watch @gothamfc.bsky.social vs @orlpride.com on ABC tomorrow 🥲

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...

Queen 👑

Check out the trailer now! Episodes coming Oct 28th.

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

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.

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 !

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!

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Rainbow during takeoff from DCA @capitalweather.bsky.social

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

After #Nats game but during @washingtonspirit.com game 👀⚽️

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

Just came across this gem from an old editor training and it made me so happy all over again

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

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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...

www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025... 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. 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.

I read this quickly and thought it said “Ratings STINKAGE”

I wonder what it’s like at Hulu HQ right now # Oscars

I feel so lucky to have seen this film at the DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival. I hope many more people have a chance to see it.

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Keith is the best of us. He has made journalism - and journalism organizations - more thoughtful and smarter. And he is one of the best bosses I ever had.

SNL is on the job! youtu.be/ua4rYsMdC4U?...

Useful context on all that DEI in the military from Dexter Filkins in the @newyorker.com

If you do any work in podcasting/audio — or hire people who do — this is ESSENTIAL READING: @airmedia.bsky.social's shiny new rate guide. I see too many job postings undercutting these fair rates. Please read & share! airmedia.org/tools/2025-r...

Yesterday, World Athletics announced new recommended rules that would ban all DSD athletes from competition and require EVERY woman who wanted to compete to undergo a chromosome test. I covered the main bits here:

If you have not listened to Tested, that's your assignment. www.tested-podcast.com

Someday this small child is gonna be an adult with lots of stories to tell

Thank you @jjouvenal.bsky.social @amarimow.bsky.social at the WaPo! I love a visual

@wmatagm.bsky.social Hey Metro! Somehow, you’ve got a 16th and Q NW sign up at the 16th and Park bus stop