Quartz is seeking a talented, high-metabolism business lifestyle writer to cover the most interesting stories in wealth, luxury, and the intersection of the two. We’ll provide a supportive environment that values entrepreneurialism and offers constructive feedback and career growth. You’ll bring strong news judgment, crisp writing, a collaborative spirit, and genuine enthusiasm for covering a wide range of business lifestyle stories.
We’ll be looking for speed, accuracy, and creative approaches to stories and storytelling formats for covering interesting and noteworthy business lifestyle topics. This includes how the world’s richest people invest or can invest their money, and how they spend or can spend it on luxury real estate, travel, retail, and more.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Pitch, take assignments, report, and write hourly, daily, and other stories on the business and culture of wealth and luxury, delivering high-quality and timely copy.
- Help drive audience growth by using digital best practices and innovative storytelling techniques.
- Foster strong, collaborative relationships with editors and reporters across the newsroom.
Qualifications
- At least 1-3 years’ experience as a reporter for a digital news publisher. Lifestyle or business news experience preferred.
- Ability to juggle multiple stories of different types, at different speeds, and on different topics.
- Some understanding of digital best practices — including story selection, framing, and SEO — is preferred.
- A passion for hourly and daily news, and the proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement of the WGA-E with a minimum of $64,000.00 up to a range of $65,000.00 annually, dependent upon years of related experience.
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Chris RoushChris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.