NY Times hires Seward to oversee AI initiatives
New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: How should The Times’s journalism benefit from generative A.I. technologies? Can these new tools help us work faster? Where should we draw the red lines around where we won’t use it? These are important questions, and we’re thrilled to announce that Zach Seward, […]
Media Movers: Charter’s Kevin Delaney
When I started this column, I expected it to be filled with routine Q&As about reporting, writing and editing. But I’ve found that journalists are so much more than that. The biggest surprise for me has been the entrepreneurial sprit that I’ve found. It is fueled by dreamers and risk-takers who, in some cases, leave […]
Suarez departs Quartz for Goldman Sachs
Quartz reporter Grete Suarez has left the news organization to become a content writer for Goldman Sachs. She had been an associate producer for Yahoo Finance and had been freelancing before joining Quartz. Suarez had also been a segment producer and guest booker for Fox Business Network. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia […]
Quartz senior reporter Fernholz departs
Tim Fernholz, a senior reporter covering space, economics and politics at Quartz, has left. He wrote on X/Twitter: “I’m no longer employed at Quartz after last week’s G/O layoffs. It’s a shame to leave after more than a decade, but new horizons beckon. Before returning to the reporting grind, I’ll work on a book and […]
FT’s Fund Fire hires DiCamillo to cover wealth management
Fund Fire, a publication of The Financial Times, has hired Nate DiCamillo as a senior reporter covering wealth management. He had been at Quartz covering the economy. DiCamillo previously was a CoinDesk reporter on its institutional crytpo and enterprise blockchain team. He had been a fintech reporter at American Banker since April 2018. He also formerly was a […]
Nover departing Quartz for Slate
Quartz tech reporter Scott Nover is leaving the website to cover media and technology for Slate. He has been at Quartz since May 2021. Previously, Nover was a platforms reporter at Adweek. He was also a freelance magazine writer at The Washington Post. He has also worked as an editorial fellow, AtlanticLIVE and a freelance reporter at The Atlantic. […]
Quartz senior reporter Werber departs
Cassie Werber, a senior reporter at Quartz, has left. She wrote on X/Twitter: “I’ll miss a lot of things about my job and workplace, and right at the top of that list is working alongside clever, kind people every day. Thank you Quartz and my colleagues: You changed my life.” Werber had been with Quartz […]
Former Quartz EIC Seward on diversifying a newsroom
Zach Seward, the former editor in chief and CEO of financial news site Quartz, writes about the strategies it used to improve newsroom diversity. Seward writes, “Employees of color grew to half of the newsroom and 42% of the whole company, up from 31% in mid-2020. We still had pretty homogenous leadership and failed in […]
Quartz seeks an editor in chief
G/O Media is currently looking for an Editor-in-Chief to lead and grow Quartz, one of the Internet’s most widely respected business news websites. The ideal candidate is a strong leader with extensive editing and reporting experience and a deep understanding of both the Quartz unique editorial voice and its role in the national and international […]
Parent of Quartz, Gizmodo to begin testing artificial intelligence
G/O Media editorial director Merrill Brown told the staff of the company, which includes tech news site Gizmodo and financial news site Quartz, that it will begin testing AI-produced stories. Brown writes: Editorial team, I am writing to advice you of a new context feature that will be added into the mix at G/O publications. […]
