Hi, I’m Ali Pattillo.

I’m a freelance health and science reporter who has written over 400 articles for outlets including National Geographic, The Atlantic, Outside Magazine, The Daily Beast, CNN, Inverse, Women’s Running, Body + Soul, and Mind Body Green.

Previously, I was a staff writer on the Mind + Body team at Inverse covering health, science, and wellness. I cowrote Inverse’s weekly newsletter Strategy, harnessing behavioral science to help people live better, and co-produced Inverse’s science podcast, The Abstract. Before that, I reported on the health desk at CNN and helped produce docuseries for Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

Originally from Atlanta, GA, I graduated from Dartmouth College in 2017 where I studied geography, environmental studies, and global health. I graduated from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2019.