Quartz reporter wins lawsuit against U.S. Department of Commerce
Quartz reporter David Yanofsky and his lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press have won their lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration and can now access previously paywalled immigration data maintained. Yanofsky writes, “Three years later, a federal district court judge says I’m entitled to that data—the only near-comprehensive […]
Quartz’s Seward searching for ways for quality journalism to prosper online
Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York Business profiles Zachary Seward, chief product officer and executive editor at business news site Quartz. Flamm writes, ‘He spent so much time covering embattled Harvard president Lawrence Summers for the Harvard Crimson that around the time he got the intel that Summers was stepping down, Seward had failed out of school. […]
How Detrixhe covers the future of finance
Quartz future of finance reporter John Detrixhe talked with Cognito’s Oliver Mann about his job. Here is an excerpt: OM: Can you tell me about Quartz. What’s the editorial agenda? JD: We aim for a global audience. You have publications like The Atlantic, which is perhaps explaining America to America, or even America to the rest of the world. I […]
Quartz now distributing content via Facebook Messenger
Business news site Quartz has launched on the Facebook Messenger app as a way to distribute its stories, reports Shan Wang of Nieman Lab. Wang writes, “The bot will learn and ‘will shape the experience to you and your habits,’ Quartz says in its announcement of the new bot experience. “(Quartz emphasizes that this is not a replica […]
Reuters hires new visual editor for enterprise, revamps graphics team
Matthew Weber, global head of graphics at Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Monday: I’m pleased to announce a new team member and an expanded remit for the graphics team. The Society of News Design recently saluted Reuters for creating ‘visual stories’ rather than ‘stories with visuals’. As part of our efforts to expand […]
Why Quartz has had success with its email newsletters
Cate Blouke of Really Good Emails spoke with Eva Scazzero, Jessanne Collins, and Adam Pasick of Quartz about the success the business news site has had with its email newsletters. Here is an excerpt: How do you segment subscribers for these emails? Segmentation of our subscriber lists are based on a reader’s region [and time zone]. If you live in Hong Kong you’ll […]
Quartz seeks an editor for its Things team
Quartz seeks a leader for the Things team, to drive our most ambitious data-driven and visual journalism, and to imbue the spirit of that work throughout the organization. The ideal Things editor will bring bracing creativity, an entrepreneurial approach, a talent for brainstorming ideas, and the ability to tie it all together in visually compelling […]
How Quartz has success with its email newsletters
Lucinda Southern of Digiday examines the success of Quartz’s email newsletters. Southern writes, “While the Quartz Daily Brief morning newsletter aims to bring the publisher’s business-focused audience around 20 important stories from around the web to set them up for the day, the afternoon Obsession newsletter gives people more time to go deep on a particular […]
Why Quartz is producing newsletters for big events
Max Willens of Digiday writes about how financial news site Quartz is producing email newsletters for events such as the Consumer Electronics Show and the World Economic Forum. Willens writes, “After doubling the size of its newsletter subscriber base in 2017 to 700,000, the business news publisher is putting a bigger focus on short-run newsletters […]
Why Quartz avoids automated ad exchanges
Jay Lauf, the publisher and co-president of business news site Quartz, writes about why it doesn’t use automated advertising exchanges. Lauf writes, “That idea has eroded as advertising moved away from buying and supporting specific media to buying target audiences through automated auctions that aggregate hundreds of thousands of websites in order to make buying […]
