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Quartz seeks general assignment reporters

Quartz seeks several reporters to contribute to its coverage globally, writing news stories and short features on topics of broad reader interest.

You would be part of the growing Quartz team based in New York, and help shape our efforts to take bracingly creative approaches to covering business news. Developing fresh ways to look at news and trends and translate them into interesting, provocative articles, with a solid grounding in data, is a central challenge of this job.

We are looking for journalists with professional reporting experience, facility with data, an entrepreneurial approach to their work, and the ability to convey curiosity and humor in their writing. The reporters should have a track record in and passion for framing and writing stories with social potential.

And they should feel comfortable with using formats other than 700-word articles (such as shorter pieces, photos, and charts) when they’re better for efficiently and effectively getting a story across. International experience and languages are a plus.

To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume, and five links to relevant work. The links matter most.

To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris 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.

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