Ali is a journalist, podcaster, entrepreneur, and certified life coach based in New York City.
As a native New Yorker and mult-hyphenant. Ali has a passion for storytelling in various forms, particularly audio, video, and photography, and has gained valuable experience producing podcasts and her arts and culture coverage over the course of her career. She graduated with her bachelors of arts at The New School and is a Masters graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Her photography work has been featured on NPR and District Fray Magazine, for her photos of R&B artist Neffy.
As a former associate editor at LinkedIn, her role was to coordinate with the editorial team to build LinkedIn’s Top Startups Lists and Top Voices Lists, while also assisting with LinkedIn News podcast, Hello Monday. She is currently a contributor for BET.com and has joined the LinkedIn team as editorial associate where she is working with LinkedIn Editorial Productions on a range of Emmy-nominated video and audio series. She is also a certified life coach and BetterUp coach and is available for private personal coaching.
Stay tuned for more about her upcoming food and beverage venture through her company McPherson Food & Beverage LLC.
Audio
Assistant Audio Engineer
Editing past footage for the Fresh Air Archive, sifting through forty years of content from Terry Gross's Fresh Air, a contemporary arts and issues Peabody award winning radio program.
Associate Producer of Luminary’s Hear To Slay
As a former associate producer of the podcast, I worked closely with the senior editor and hosts Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom to book guests, pitch upcoming episode ideas, conduct research and create a scripts for the two-way interviews and editing segments.
Assisting LinkedIn podcast Hello Monday
As associate news editor at LinkedIn I assisted lead producers Jessi Hempel and Sarah Storm with upcoming episode scripts, and work to make sure each episode is cohesive, of high quality content and audio quality.
Producer/Host
As the producer and host of biweekly chat society & culture podcast Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. My role includes booking guests, writing scripts, editing, and other production duties.
Editorial
Freelance Writer, HuffPost Personal
”Turned out, the black skin that he found so appealing in the bedroom was not so appealing outside of it…”
Written and re-published on HuffingtonPostUK
Contributing Writer
As a contributing writer, I reported two features, one consisting of how hypertension drugs may ward off memory loss and another on how ultra processed foods are linked to a higher risk of inflammatory bowel disease.
Associate News Editor
As a former associate news editor, my job was to help report and build the LinkedIn Top Startups lists, manage outreach and organization for each list, from internal teams to honorees among other responsibilities. Also contributed research for a compelling story regarding the gender pay gap over the years.
Contributing writer
As contributing writer, I produce features centering Black entertainment and culture for BET.com. Recently covered an event for the Soul Train Awards weekend.
Video
The Man Behind Bronx Native
An inside look at what inspires the man behind Bronx Native, Amaurys Grullon. The social media influencer and entrepreneur talks about what makes his job so special and why he won't stop repping his promise land.
Photography
