Alison Van Houten (she/her)

Writer. Formerly @outsidemagazine & @sunset. Bylines also in the @WSJ, @TIME magazine, and elsewhere. Researcher at the @Atavist. Member @SFgrotto.

[Alison Van Houten (she/her) @NotVanHooten]

Palmerston was populated by a single Englishman who settled there with three Polynesian wives in the 1860s. I sailed there last year to see what it's like. https://t.co/THdg7RvLt6 #longreads

[Alison Van Houten (she/her) @NotVanHooten]

If you want to stay in touch: https://t.co/cKbWCVULfa

[Alison Van Houten (she/her) @NotVanHooten]

Among the inventions I wrote about for @TIME this year, I’m most gratified to see @Aspivix_Health make the list for their tenaculum replacement. Women’s pain has been accepted as the status quo for too long. Can’t wait to see Carevix roll out in the US!

https://t.co/gL7aoVmMd1

[Emma Barker Bonomo @emmajune]

It's that Best Inventions time of year! Featuring the extremely fun glow-in-the-dark petunia from @light_bio on the cover: https://t.co/iwrJDlwd2w

[Emma Barker Bonomo @emmajune]

@light_bio Always a delight to edit this with @markyarm and our brilliant contributors, including @stokel, @jeffwilser, @NotVanHooten, @ashleymateo, @raywongy and many more.

[The Writers Grotto @sfgrotto]

Founded by @robvato, Rooted & Written is the country's first free professional writing conference for BIPOC. This year's speakers include @thesusanito & @Eirinieee. 

Donate to the Grotto's 30th anniversary fundraiser and support programs like this one: https://t.co/LZx7NJPiYp

[The Writers Grotto @sfgrotto]

The Writers Grotto is turning 30! Join us as we celebrate our accomplishments, walk down memory lane, and fundraise to sustain another 30 years of supporting writers and creatives!

Donate today to help us hit our goal of $30,000 for 30 more: https://t.co/LZx7NJPiYp

[The Writers Grotto @sfgrotto]

Applications open for Rooted & Written 2024! We have another spectacular lineup for our annual free conference for Bay Area writers of color!

https://t.co/VUHLCOV23k

#rootedwritten #writer #writercommunity #writing #writingcommunity #writers #writerscommunity #bipocwriters

[Alison Van Houten (she/her) @NotVanHooten]

@TIME https://t.co/G6iEwL41Za

[Alison Van Houten (she/her) @NotVanHooten]

For @TIME, I covered companies that are pushing the envelope on green hydrogen, rare diseases, and more.

[TIME @TIME]

Introducing the 100 most influential companies of 2024: https://t.co/20ir1YfzPk

[Emma Barker Bonomo @emmajune]

As its CEO puts it: "If you’re using AI in any part of your life—whether it’s ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot—there’s a good chance you’re using CoreWeave’s AI infrastructure." CoreWeave is blowing up: https://t.co/uHVwfpWgbt

[Alison Van Houten (she/her) @NotVanHooten]

What I’ve been working on lately.

[The Atavist Magazine @atavist]

From our 150th issue, about a corrupt cop in New Orleans, a hit he ordered on a civilian who filed a brutality complaint against him, and the wider legacy of harm he left in the city.

https://t.co/jJndug3Uz9

[Seyward Darby @seywarddarby]

We have a new story over at @atavist, very much worth your time.

In 1994, a corrupt New Orleans cop ordered a hit on a civilian.

He went away for murder, but he left a trail of other victims in his wake.

They are still crying out for justice.

https://t.co/5ubCX3TQ7G

[Alison Van Houten (she/her) @NotVanHooten]

@seywarddarby I just about chucked my phone out the window while reading this morning. The sound of drums? In a music classroom no less?? The horror.

[Alison Van Houten (she/her) @NotVanHooten]

@peterhartlaub @sfchronicle @namisumida I stopped what I was doing to read this in its entirety this morning. It made me cry. What a powerful way to tell such an important story.

[Sarah Feldberg @sarahfeldberg]

Today we published a story we’ve been working on for almost a year.

Using newly released U.S. Census data, archival records and fresh interviews, for the first time, we can quantify how San Francisco’s Japantown was devastated by mass incarceration.

https://t.co/vh713FTdi3

[Alison Van Houten (she/her) @NotVanHooten]

My latest fact checking project, for The Atavist.

[The Atavist Magazine @atavist]

Did a father of five fake his own death? And what does Bigfoot have to do with it?

Issue no. 145 from @kcengel.

https://t.co/Q00l6eyxVz

[Alison Van Houten (she/her) @NotVanHooten]

Very cool virtual treatment on my cover story for @TIME magazine.

[TIME @TIME]

TIME's new cover: Introducing the Best Inventions of 2023 https://t.co/0Qqre15KEN

[The Atavist Magazine @atavist]

Issue no. 141 is here! @lxsexton followed in her father's footsteps to become a journalist—but when @thejoesexton went missing overseas, the hostage-crisis documentary series she was working on took on even more meaning. Two authors, one incredible story. https://t.co/n2A5BMpvTX

[Seyward Darby @seywarddarby]

Lesley Hu wanted to vaccinate her young son. Her ex-husband went to unimaginable lengths to stop her.

New from @ericpape and @atavist, a wrenching narrative about the dangers of mis- and disinformation.

https://t.co/d5Tv5H19Yx

[Alison Van Houten (she/her) @NotVanHooten]

@luke_w_whelan @outsidemagazine Ugh, so sorry to hear it @luke_w_whelan! You were a wonderful mentor to so many fellows and such a thoughtful editor to boot. Best of luck to you and @erineberger on your next adventure!