Hi, I’m Alexandra (Ali) Pattillo.

I’m a freelance journalist covering health, science and wellness. I’ve written 400+ stories to date for publications such as National Geographic, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, 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. 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. I currently split time between New York City and Sydney, Australia.