Quartz launches Quartz Essentials at the end of each article
Financial news site Quartz has launched a new feature called Quartz Essentials at the end of each article that gives readers context and more information if they want to dive deeper into the topic. Chief executive officer Zach Seward writes, “The new feature is called Quartz Essentials, naturally, and you’ll find them at the end of many […]
Quartz reporter Foley is departing
Katherine Foley, a health and science reporter at financial news site Quartz, is leaving the news organization. She has been at Quartz since January 2016 and previously interned there. “I’ve got one final labor of love feature coming out May 9 I’m super excited to share, and then I’m off to the next chapter of […]
Quartz executive editor Landy to take on new duties
Quartz executive editor Heather Landy will be taking on new duties at the financial news site after a journalist is hired to run Quartz at Work. Landy will still be executive editor but is going to be focused on some new areas, overseeing editors for economics and finance, tech and emerging industries, and business of culture […]
Quartz seeks Quartz at Work editor
Quartz seeks an editor to lead Quartz at Work, our guide to navigating the modern workplace and succeeding in the global economy. We are looking for someone with at least five years of professional editing and writing experience, excellent news judgment, and a knack for handling stories that convey a mix of the things we […]
Quartz offering seminar on biz journalism as a career
Financial news site Quartz is offering a one-hour panel next week on considering business journalism as a career. The panel will be April 21 from noon to 1 p.m. The panel features Quartz editor in chief Katherine Bell, Marker editor in chief Danielle Sacks and Reuters Nigeria bureau chief Alexis Akwagyiram. “Hear from journalists across different […]
Business Insider hires Ho to cover the business of sustainability
Quartz reporter Karen K. Ho has been hired by Business Insider to cover the business of sustainability. She joined Quartz a year ago as global finance and economics reporter. As a freelance business and culture reporter for the past several years, Karen has reported for outlets including FiveThirtyEight, Time, GQ, Refinery29, The Outline, Interview, The Daily Beast, and more. Ho has […]
Quartz hires Alvarez as chief product officer
Quartz has appointed Daniel Alvarez as chief product officer. He’ll be responsible for all product development at Quartz, ensuring the company’s continued excellence in editorial product innovation and overseeing the engineering, design, product management, and analytics teams. Alvarez joins Quartz from NBC Universal, where he served as vice president of product and design for local […]
Bidding on the Quartz article as an NFT is now $1,800+
The article from financial news site Quartz that is being sold as an NFT, or nonfungible token, has reached $1,814, writes Joshua Benton of Nieman Lab. Benton writes, “But then came bidder n00bmind, who put up 0.04 wETH (wrapped Ethereum tokens), equal to about $71. “And then came bidder jarzod, who scrounged up the crypto equivalent of pocket change to raise the […]
Quartz has made an NFT of one of its articles
Financial news site Quartz has turned one of its articles into an NFT, or nonfungible token. Samanth Subramanian and David Yanofsky write, “The market for non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, has been racking up plenty of firsts. The first NFT artwork to be auctioned by Christie’s. The first Oscar-nominated movie to be released as an NFT. The first tweet by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, […]
Quartz correspondent Avins is departing
Jenni Avins, the senior lifestyle correspondent at Quartz, is leaving the publication. “It’s been an honor since 2014 to work with the smartest, sweetest, and silliest journalists in the game,” she wrote on Twitter. Avins was the founding writer of the Quartzy newsletter. Before joining Quartz in 2014, she covered fashion, food, travel, and pop […]
