Business news site Quartz has hired Audrey McNamara as breaking news editor.
In her role, McNamara will directly manage multiple reporters, shape and edit a wide range of stories while working with reporters and editors across the newsroom to plan and drive coverage and audience growth.
McNamara previously worked for The Messenger, where she was also a breaking news editor. She has edited and reported for The Daily Mail, CBS, The Daily Beast, and NPR.
“We are very excited to welcome Audrey to the Quartz team,” said Quartz editor in chief Dan Hirshhorn in a statement. “Her expertise and leadership will be a huge asset to Quartz’s continued journalistic and audience growth.”
McNamara got her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
