Decaturish sold to Appen Media but founder Dan Whisenhunt is staying

Whisenhunt had previously worked at papers in Anniston, Alabama, and Chattanooga, Tennessee. He moved to Atlanta in 2011 when his wife got a job at Mailchimp. He worked for a time with Reporter Newspapers in Sandy Springs but said he was frustrated both by the commute from Decatur and his inability to get a job at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. So in 2013, he decided to start Decaturish instead. “It was a blessing in disguise,” he told The AJC. “I learned so much how to be a really good hyperlocal journalist...