Quartz hires two reporters, names White House correspondent
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Hello Quartz – I’m happy to announce two additions to our reporting staff, and an important trans-Pacific staffing move. Sarah Kessler is joining Quartz in New York to cover the future of work, starting Dec. 1. She’ll focus on the tech-enabled restructuring […]
Quartz’s “Flash Briefing” now available on Amazon Echo
Quartz’s daily email is now available to be heard on Amazon Echo. Consumers who use Amazon Echo and its voice-activated Alexa service can enable Quartz’s daily Flash Briefing in the Alexa app by accessing the Flash Briefing menu under settings. After enabling the settings, customers simply ask, “Alexa, give me my Flash Briefing” to hear […]
Quartz celebrates fourth birthday with beer, of course
Financial news site Quartz has marked the occasion of its fourth birthday by creating its own brew and design for two beers. As a guide to the new global economy for people in business who are excited by change, Quartz’s beers reflect its culture. It made two kinds. The Quartz Daily Brew — named for […]
Quartz rolls out Spanish-language newsletter
Quartz has started a Spanish-language email newsletter called La Agenda. It’s the financial news site’s first non-English language product. La Agenda will follow the format of Quartz’s Daily Brief email newsletter and will include important headlines, business news, topics of debate, and “surprising discoveries” from around the globe and major Spanish-speaking regions. Quartz’s approach to […]
Quartz launches lifestyle newsletter
Financial news site Quartz has launched a weekly lifestyle newsletter called Quartzy. The newsletter is run by global lifestyle correspondent Jenni Avins. Quartzy will cover culture, fashion, food, travel, art, and personal care. Among Avin’s recent story topics are a Brazilian graffiti art show in Manhattan, the beachwear politics of “burkinis” in the south of France, how to use “fashion […]
How Quartz has become a global brand
Lucia Moses of Digiday writes about how business news site Quartz has become a global brand. Moses writes, “Quartz is different because its readership has been global from Day One, and its readers tend to be decision-makers and have above-average incomes. Quartz monetizes its audience proportionately, so 44 percent of its ad revenue was billed against […]
Tech reporter Kar leaves Quartz for Acorns
Technology reporter Ian Kar of Quartz is leaving the business news site to move to Southern California to join the product team at Acorns. Kar has been at Quartz since August 2015 covering financial technology. Before that, he was the founder and publisher of FinTech Today, where he conceived and developed the content strategy, monetization strategy, and […]
Quartz hires professional in residence
Quartz co-presidents Kevin Delaney and Jay Lauf sent out the following announcement on Wednesday morning: Hello Quartz – TL;DR: we have an entrepreneur in residence and he’s awesome We’d like to welcome Khemaridh Hy as Quartz’s first professional in residence. Khe spent eight years working as a managing director at BlackRock. Last year he quit his job without a plan. […]
Quartz, WSJ among Online Journalism Award winners
Business news site Quartz and The Wall Street Journal were among the winners of Online Journalism Awards handed out by the Online News Association. Here are the business news winners: General Excellence in Online Journalism, Medium Quartz Explanatory Reporting, Large 2050 Demographics, The Wall Street Journal The Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award, Small […]
Quartz hires video journalist, health and finance reporter
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following staff announcement: Hello Quartz – I’m happy to announce two new journalists starting with us on Tuesday. Hannah Yi is joining Quartz as a video journalist. Hannah will lead short-form video coverage, with a mandate to keep experimenting with native Facebook video. Hannah comes to […]
