Quartz adds to editorial staff
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Hello Quartz – I’m happy to announce several excellent additions to our global team: Harish Menon joined last month as desk editor for Quartz India in Mumbai. He comes to us from the Times of India, the world’s largest English daily, where he worked […]
Quartz moving HQ to accommodate more staff
Financial news site Quartz is moving its New York headquarters. Quartz, which has been located near Union Square since 2013, is moving to 675 Avenue of the Americas and will sign a five-year lease. The current location allows it to have about 115 employees, but the new space can accommodate up to 200 workers. When it […]
Quartz hires West Coast video correspondent
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following staff announcement on Wednesday: I’m happy to announce that Erik Olsen joins Quartz on Monday as our west coast video correspondent, based in Los Angeles. Erik comes to us from the New York Times, where he spent more than a decade as senior video journalist, […]
How a Quartz reporter used code to break a news story
Ian Kar, future of finance reporter at Quartz, used his knowledge of coding to break a news story on Wednesday. The story was, “Venmo, beloved millennial app, is finally trying to make some money,” and Kar reported, “Pay With Venmo will be a payment option for people shopping within apps, similar to the PayPal button […]
Quartz seeks breaking news reporters
Quartz seeks reporters to scan the world for breaking news and quickly offer coverage to our global readership on multiple platforms. These positions are part of a team focused on news writing, the Quartz Daily Brief email newsletter, and products currently in development. Candidates should live for news, have a keen sense of story, and […]
Quartz’s web traffic grew 65 percent in past year
Quartz publisher Jay Lauf and editor Kevin Delaney sent the following note to the staff: Good morning (and afternoon and evening), Quartz staff! With our fourth full year of operation now underway, we wanted to take a moment to recap 2015 and look ahead to 2016. Our morning email seemed like the perfect format for […]
Quartz to launch iPhone app, expand email offerings
Joseph Lichterman of the Nieman Journalism Lab interviewed Quartz publisher Jay Lauf about the business news site’s plans for 2016. Here is an excerpt: Lichterman: One of the other things mentioned in the memo was a forthcoming app, and I was hoping you might be able to tell me what that might look like. Lauf: […]
Quartz seeks tech reporter in San Francisco
Quartz seeks a reporter to contribute to its coverage of the technology sector globally, with a focus on producing original takes on the news, reported scoops, and informed analysis. Based in San Francisco or the greater Bay Area, you would be part of the growing Quartz team worldwide, and help shape our efforts to take […]
The strategy behind Quartz’s sponsored content
Aleszu Bajak of Mediashift writes about Quartz’s sponsored content strategy. Bajak writes, “Quartz’s sponsored content model, which is spreading quickly, takes advertising one step further. Advertisers should trust a news organization’s instinct, they say. Quartz knows what its readers want and how they want it, and they’ll get your brand in front of those readers, […]
Quartz seeks management reporter
Quartz is seeking a management reporter at its Union Square headquarters in New York City. This reporter will help create a framework that defines Quartz’s management coverage. The strategy will include a range of creative, digital, global approaches that makes it easy to write both brief, insightful posts about the latest management shakeup and features […]
