
Samir S. Patel
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Editor-in-Chief, @QuantaMagazine, Formerly @atlasobscura; Alum and Prof, @columbiajourn
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24-01-2017 20:13:36
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This is just such a fantastic piece about the nature of historical memory, on the 100th anniversary of an industrial accident that inspires chuckles. Nice work cara giaimo! atlasobscura.com/articles/bosto…

(THREAD THAT WILL LAST ALL DAY) a few months ago Atlas Obscura asked me to write about the Great Molasses Flood on the occasion of its centennial. i'm famously from Boston, and so is the flood -- a perfect match. so i said yes



Are you a student in biology or journalism with a passion for conservation storytelling? Apply for our fellowship, if chosen we’ll take you to the rainforest! Atlas Obscura community.atlasobscura.com/t/announcing-t…

Atlas Obscura Atlas Obscura is hiring again, this time for an Associate Editor! Come work with us, very exciting things are happening! atlasobscura.com/jobs/associate… Writers of Color #NABJ Headquarters ✊🏾🖊️🎙️💻 📷 🎥 📝 🔈 NAHJ najournalists SAJA South Asian Journalists Association 30 years Asian American Journalists Association est. 1981 Disabled Writers


Pleased to announce that I've been appointed Editorial Director at Atlas Obscura. Can't wait to help lead this exciting, innovative company into the future!

A while back I reported my last story for Atlas Obscura, about the ways climate change is tweaking this world into a new one, and the uncanny, in-between time we’re living through. It’s out now, and I hope you will read it. atlasobscura.com/articles/maryl…

this week's The New Yorker cover by Kadir Nelson is punctuated with clusters of periwinkle. i wrote about the relationship between this flowering plant and Black burials in a 2018 piece for Atlas Obscura. atlasobscura.com/articles/afric…

Atlas Obscura Atlas Obscura is hiring an experienced, senior, remote-first editor-writer. Come work with us. atlasobscura.com/jobs/senior-ed… Writers of Color #NABJ Headquarters ✊🏾🖊️🎙️💻 📷 🎥 📝 🔈 NAHJ najournalists SAJA South Asian Journalists Association 30 years Asian American Journalists Association est. 1981 Disabled Writers Trans Journalists Association NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists

Atlas Obscura Atlas Obscura is hiring Editorial Fellows, remote-first. Come work with us! atlasobscura.com/jobs/editorial… Writers of Color #NABJ Headquarters ✊🏾🖊️🎙️💻 📷 🎥 📝 🔈 NAHJ najournalists SAJA South Asian Journalists Association 30 years Asian American Journalists Association est. 1981 Disabled Writers Trans Journalists Association NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists



So lucky to spend some time with Columbia Journalism School students this evening! Great questions from the future of journalism. And so rad to hear from the wildly talented evan nicole brown and Tulika Bose !

Atlas Obscura Atlas Obscura is hiring Editorial Fellows! (12-month, paid, benefits, fully remote) Come work with us! atlasobscura.com/jobs/editorial… atlasobscura.com/jobs/editorial… Writers of Color #NABJ Headquarters ✊🏾🖊️🎙️💻 📷 🎥 📝 🔈 NAHJ najournalists SAJA South Asian Journalists Association 30 years Asian American Journalists Association est. 1981 Disabled Writers Trans Journalists Association NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists

I'm thrilled and humbled to announce that I will be succeeding the visionary Thomas Lin as Editor in Chief of Quanta Magazine. I can't wait to begin working with the remarkable staff there!