Welcoming New Talent to the Atlas Obscura Team

Atlas Obscura is excited to continue attracting talented journalists and professionals to the company.

This week, Atlas Obscura is welcoming two senior editors, and next week, the company will welcome an accountant.

“We are on a mission to make Atlas Obscura the best community travel app in the world, lifting up the experiences and voices of people,” said Louise Story, Atlas Obscura’s chief executive officer. “As we continue to pivot to focus on our community, you’ll see continued change and advancement. Welcome Sunshine, Daniel and Joshua.”

Sunshine Flint joins as a senior editor. Sunshine has a background in travel and lifestyle with staff roles at Travel + Leisure, AFAR and as travel editor at Bridal Guide. She was on the launch team for BBC Travel—the first vertical for BBC.com. Sunshine has most recently helmed editorial packages for Inc. magazine and led content and data visualization projects at The Washington Post Creative Group. Previously, she was at HP as creative content lead, running the B2C consumer website and print magazine. Her latest trip was to Palasë, Albania, where she enjoyed enjoyed swimming, hiking and a caviar facial.

Daniel McDermon also joins as a senior editor. Daniel has worked at numerous journalism organizations, including WNYC public radio and Newsday. He spent ten years as an editor at The New York Times, leading the digital transformation of the Culture desk. His favorite Atlas Obscura-style quirky experience? He once spent a week reporting inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art. To avoid the tourist throng, he recommends the Met’s Etruscan collection: “Tucked away on a mezzanine above the Greek and Roman sculpture court, it’s full of incredible stuff and rarely crowded.”

Joshua Johnson joins as the company’s accountant. Joshua joins from the Internal Revenue Service, where he was a revenue agent auditing small businesses. Prior to the I.R.S., Joshua worked as an audit associate at Baker Tilly, the advisory, tax, and assurance firm. Joshua noted to us that one of his favorite places on Atlas Obscura is the Sunken Pirate City at Port Royal. “The history and mystery around it are fascinating—it’s wild to think part of an entire city now rests underwater,” he said.