Quartz founding editor Delaney remembers Antunes
Quartz founding editor Kevin Delaney writes Tuesday about Xana Antunes, executive editor of the website who died Monday from cancer at the age of 55. Delaney writes, “Gwynn Guilford, a senior reporter at Quartz, says Xana encouraged her ‘to take risks that force me to grow.’ Gwynn tells a story of how she was researching declines in […]
Quartz executive editor Antunes dies from cancer
Xana Antunes, the executive editor of Quartz and a longtime business journalist, died Monday from cancer. She was 55. She was a well-respected editor who commanded respect because of how well she worked with everybody. Last year, Antunes received the Front Page Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Newswomen’s Club of New York. Before becoming […]
Quartz hires McDonnell as energy and climate reporter
Tim McDonnell has joined Quartz as its new energy and climate reporter. McDonnell will be based in Washington. Previously, McDonnell was with NPR where he served as deputy editor for NPR’s global health and development blog, “Goats and Soda.” Before that, he was working as a freelance journalist. His work has been published in the […]
NY Times hires Quartz’s Karaian as Dealbook editor
New York Times deputy managing editor Rebecca Blumenstein and Dealbook founder Andrew Ross Sorkin sent out the following announcement on Friday: We’re delighted to welcome Jason Karaian to The Times to help lead the next chapter of DealBook, which connects the dots of the day’s most important news for our growing audience of influential decision […]
Quartz seeks a tech editor
Quartz seeks an experienced editor to lead our technology coverage, taking an entrepreneurial approach to defining our journalism in this area and working with a team of reporters focused on producing original insights on the news, reported scoops, and informed analysis. This editor will shape our efforts to take uniquely creative approaches to covering technology […]
Quartz founding editor Delaney to join NY Times
James Bennet, the editorial page editor of the New York Times, sent out the following announcement on Monday: Kevin Delaney, the founding editor and co-C.E.O. of Quartz, is joining Opinion for six months to help lead the department’s next big project. Some of you already know him, but for those who don’t, he’s one of […]
Quartz names Bell its editor in chief
Quartz announced Thursday the appointment of Katherine Bell as editor-in-chief. She will start Jan. 6. Bell most recently served as editor-in-chief of Barron’s and previously the top digital editor at Harvard Business Review. She will be just the second editor-in-chief of Quartz, succeeding Kevin Delaney, who stepped down in October and is a senior advisor […]
Quartz’s India site launches redesigned website, app
Quartz India has launched a redesigned website and app. Diksha Madhok writes, “With each passing year, it becomes harder to engage with news in a healthy, stress-free manner. We’ve found that our readers are eager to avoid the toxicity of social media platforms and the echo chambers within them. Instead, the new Quartz takes a different […]
Quartz reporter Schlanger set to leave
Zoë Schlanger will be leaving Quartz where she was serving as environmental reporter. According to her tweet, Schlanger will be working freelance. Before joining Quartz, Schlanger held the post of senior writer at Newsweek. She also held editorial posts at TPM Media LLC, NYU Local and The Nation. Additionally, she held other roles like writer, […]
Quartz seeks a reporter to cover energy and climate change
Quartz seeks an experienced reporter to contribute to the newsroom’s coverage of global climate change, with a focus on producing original insights on the news, reported scoops, and informed analysis. This reporter will view the climate crisis through the lens of business. You’ll identify industries that are expanding in response to our climate-changed world, along […]
