How Quartz redesigned its home page for different story formats
Mădălina Ciobanu of journalism.co.uk writes about how Quartz redesigned its home page for different story formats. Ciobanu writes, “The second version of the homepage has been in the making for three to four months, Quartz designer Daniel Lee, who lead the project, told Journalism.co.uk. “The company is known for its ‘ever-evolving’ approach to design, which consists […]
Bloomberg, Nikkei might be interested in Quartz
Ken Doctor writes for Politico Media about who might be interested in buying business news site Quartz from Atlantic Media and pegs its value at $100 million. Doctor writes, “Of course, value – especially in these days of high-flying valuations, now newly tempered by the thinking that a top may have been reached in appraisals […]
The strategy behind Quartz’s home page redesign
Ken Doctor writes for Politico about why Quartz redesigned its home page. Doctor writes, “Publishers can take an extra three key points from Quartz’s new look. “First, it’s worth considering the value of briefing, as briefings have been a popular play of the year in news media. Quartz’s daily briefing is now gone from the […]
Atlantic Media in talks to sell Quartz
Atlantic Media has held talks with a number of potential buyers interested in digital media about a sale of or potential investment in Quartz, the publishing group’s business news site, writes James Fontanella-Khan and Shannon Bond of the Financial Times. Fontanella-Khan and Bond write, “It has met with at least one interested party this month, one of the people […]
Quartz rolls out new homepage
Kevin Delaney of Quartz writes about the business news site’s new homepage. Delaney writes, “The revamped homepage reflects the breadth of our coverage and the many forms that Quartz now takes at three years old: news stories, features, videos, emails, charts, obsessions, events, podcasts, social media, messaging, and more. It also emphasizes the bold, beautiful, […]
Quartz adds three to its editorial staff
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following staff announcement: I’m very happy to announce that three talented journalists are joining Quartz’s editorial staff. Jackie Bischof will be deputy Talent Lab editor, based in New York, starting Jan. 4. Jackie will work closely with Xana to launch our Talent Lab, a new initiative to […]
Quartz forms incubator to find journalists
Global news site Quartz wants to overhaul how it hires journalists across the globe, reports Ricardo Bilton of Digiday. Bilton writes, “With what it’s calling a ‘talent lab,’ Quartz wants to formalize how it discovers and develops writers, videographers and data journalists from around the world. It will be one part talent network, one part skill […]
Quartz hires Groskopf as reporter on Things team
Quartz executive editor Zach Seward sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Chris Groskopf has started as a reporter on the Things team. He’s working from Tyler, Texas, and splits his time between there and Washington, DC. We’re really excited that Chris has joined us. He is extraordinarily talented in data analysis, among other skills, […]
Quartz hires Griswold as a business reporter
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: I’m very happy to announce that Alison Griswold is joining Quartz as a business reporter in NYC on Nov. 30. Ali comes to us from Slate, where she’s one of the main business and economics writers and covers a wide range of topics. […]
Quartz seeks general assignment reporters
Quartz seeks several reporters to contribute to its coverage globally, writing news stories and short features on topics of broad reader interest. You would be part of the growing Quartz team based in New York, and help shape our efforts to take bracingly creative approaches to covering business news. Developing fresh ways to look at […]
