@alecchamilton

Sr Producer for Morning Edition @wnyc. Fan of public water fountains. Always trying to play Maná on the air. https://xitter.cf/t.co/jq3PUA6w91

Joined September 2010
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Live radio, ladies and gentlemen.
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Jessie Singer@JessieSingerNYCJun 2
Last month, New York saw a spate of "loss of control" crashes -- like when a driver has a medical episode. I talked to @s_nessen @WNYC about two novel ways to protect people from these less predictable crashes: fast and free buses and bollards bollards everywhere.
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Hey @prospect_park @FDNY there’s a spraying hydrant in the park by parkside and parade.
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We have a winner! We asked you to choose NYC's most iconic bagel, via a ranked choice ballot. Thousands of votes later, @NYCVotes came on @WNYC today to tabulate the winner with @MichaelHillNJ. wnyc.org/story/bagel-electio…

Bagel Election 2025: And the winner is... | WNYC

You voted on NYC's most iconic bagel, and now we have a winner: Egg bagel is New York City's most iconic bagel (at least of the candidates who ran). Congratulations, egg bagel!

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We have a winner! We asked you to choose NYC's most iconic bagel, via a ranked choice ballot. Thousands of votes later, @NYCVotes came on @WNYC today to tabulate the winner with @MichaelHillNJ. wnyc.org/story/bagel-electio…

Bagel Election 2025: And the winner is... | WNYC

You voted on NYC's most iconic bagel, and now we have a winner: Egg bagel is New York City's most iconic bagel (at least of the candidates who ran). Congratulations, egg bagel!

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WNYC 🎙@WNYC9 Jun 2025
What is NYC’s most iconic bagel? Help us elect the city’s top bagel using rank choice voting ahead of the democratic primary for NYC mayor. Remember, you’re not picking your favorite bagel, but the one you think best represents the city. bit.ly/4dUXLJ0
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"Everybody has a voice for radio." Good stuff here. I love the NPR book - great fundamentals in this excerpt of the new edition: current.org/2024/12/new-edit…

New 'Sound Reporting' shares NPR's tips on cultivating a voice - Current

“Don’t try to change the way that you sound,” says host Ayesha Rascoe. “If you grew up in Boston, you’re not going to sound like me."

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“Ian Bassin, a democracy expert, calls these moves ‘anticipatory obedience’: fear by owners that if Trump wins he could take vengeance on companies that cross him.”
Sewell Chan@sewellchan25 Oct 2024
SCOOP: WaPo editorials page editor David Shipley OK'ed endorsement of Harris — one week before publisher Will Lewis killed it. From @CJR: cjr.org/political_press/the-…

The Washington Post opinion editor approved a Harris endorsement. A week later, Jeff Bezos killed...

On Friday, the Washington Post’s publisher, Will Lewis, announced that the paper would no longer make endorsements for president—after its journalists had already drafted an endorsement of Vice...

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WNYC 🎙@WNYC24 Oct 2024
Even as WNYC celebrates 100 years on air, the history of WNYC continues to be made every day by people like you who support this station to keep it on the air. To thank you for your support, we’ve crafted a special gift: The WNYC Blueprint T-shirt. 👕 ➡️ wnyc.org/join
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Radiolab@Radiolab24 Oct 2024
WNYC is digging deep into the world of a natural quirk called recursive islands — and one can be found right in Central Park. But it doesn't have a name. What would you call it? Email @WNYC a voice memo with your idea to [email protected]
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Thanks to @Amanda_Rozon, Jazmyn Blackburn and Oyster for walking us through it on @wnyc this morning! gothamist.com/news/how-to-fo…

How to foster one of NYC's hundreds of cats and dogs up for adoption

And if cats and dogs aren't your style, how about a rabbit or guinea pig?

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There have been 2 NYPD shootings within 48 hours where police tried to use a Taser first and it "didn't work." It turns out, NYPD Tasers fail 40% of the time gothamist.com/news/tasers-fa…

Tasers failed in two recent NYPD shootings. Problems with the devices go back years.

Police data shows Tasers have failed roughly 40% of the time the NYPD has used them over the past decade.

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Charles Lane@_charleslane17 Sep 2024
Sunday’s subway shooting touched several noteworthy trends in NYC. First, facts have changed multiple times since police first shot 2 bystanders and an alleged fare evader. The knife “recovered” was NOT the knife that sparked the shooting. gothamist.com/news/man-sough…

NYPD says officers recovered wrong knife from police subway shooting in Brooklyn

Police first claimed a knife was recovered Sunday but reversed course Monday, saying they were searching for a man seen taking the weapon from the scene.

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@kaseyklimes5 Sep 2024
my favorite new york social code is when a lone person needs to get a stroller up the subway stairs. nearly instantly, a stranger picks up the other end of the stroller, helps carry it up, then departs as quickly as they appeared. no words are exchanged. eye contact is minimal.
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Gothamist
@Gothamist4 Sep 2024
Adams silent on guards accused of sexual abuse at Rikers as calls for action grow buff.ly/3XtUhGA
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Jessy Edwards@jessyednews3 Sep 2024
Me and my colleagues at @Gothamist & @wnyc spent the last 10 months poring over 100s of lawsuits filed last year by women who say they were sexually assaulted by city employees while they were held at Rikers Island. My final story is out today. This is what we found, a 🧵:
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Jeremy Siegel@jersiegel3 Sep 2024
what they don't tell you about becoming a parent is that you enter a constant struggle between maintaining the 10000+ photos you take a week of your child and having enough storage on your phone for an update
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David Brand@DavidFBrand29 Aug 2024
I’ll be on @BrianLehrer with @brigidbergin this morning talking about evictions, car booting and why NYC marshals made a record-high $19.5M in profits last year gothamist.com/news/evictions…

Evictions and car-booting spiked in 2023. It was big business for NYC marshals.

City marshals earned record-breaking profits last year, according to annual statistics published by the agency that oversees them.

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🧵In the ~2 years I’ve been reporting on opioid settlements, a frequent frustration I’ve heard is that ppl directly affected by the crisis want more say in how💲is spent. @edmahonreporter, Henry Larweh & I investigated how often they're getting that say: kffhealthnews.org/news/artic…
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Matt Katz@mattkatz008 Aug 2024
More extraordinary reporting about what doesn't happen when someone alleges sexual assault at Rikers Island. Tune in later this morning to @BrianLehrer as I interview Jessy about her reporting. And call or text us to share your stories about what happens at Rikers: 212-433-9692
Jessy Edwards@jessyednews8 Aug 2024
Karina Collado says she was sexually assaulted by a correction officer on Rikers in 2020. She reported the alleged abuse as she was told to, but it was never investigated. Now, that same officer is facing charges of raping a woman outside the jail. gothamist.com/news/rikers-gu…

Rikers guard charged with rape while off duty has a string of accusations from detainees

At least two women allege that Anthony Martin Jr., a correction officer at Rikers Island, sexually assaulted them while they were detained at the women’s jail.

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