Future of biz journalism hinges on speed and targeting
The future of business journalism while uncertain appears promising, according to a panel of industry editors, but that future hinges on speed, efficiency and strategic targeting. “As technology continues to change, you have to stay flexible,” said John McCorry, executive editor for the Americas for Bloomberg News. The Associated Press’ use of automative technology to […]
Quartz hires new staffers, expands video
Quartz’s editor-in-chief and co-president Kevin J. Delaney announced the following new hires and editorial staff changes on Tuesday: Adam Pasick is leaving Bangkok after about two years there and will be working from NYC during the month of June before moving to Washington DC in July. When he’s back in the US, Adam will be […]
Quartz seeks platform editor in New York
Quartz seeks a platform editor to help expand the reach of our journalism in smart, creative, and rigorous ways. This is a new position for us, so it will necessarily change over time, but some of the key functions we imagine from day one are: — Editorial strategy: Help us figure out the best approach […]
Quartz seeks weekend writer
Quartz is looking for a reporter to write news stories and short features on weekends, and do some web production, social media editing, and site management. You would be part of the growing Quartz team in New York, and help shape our efforts to take bracingly creative approaches to covering business news. You would be […]
Quartz seeks editor for Things team
Quartz seeks a leader for its growing Things team, which is responsible for our most ambitious data-driven and visual journalism, and to imbue the spirit of that work throughout the organization. The Things editor will coordinate the team’s projects and priorities, help the team grow, and contribute her own reporting, writing, coding, and editing. It […]
Quartz seeks deputy news editor for finance/technology
Quartz seeks a Deputy News Editor to work closely with its finance and technology reporting groups on producing creative, high-quality journalism. You would edit much of the copy produced by the roughly 10 journalists covering these areas for Quartz. You would work closely with the player/coach editors for those two areas on coordinating coverage, assigning […]
Quartz seeks companies reporter
Quartz seeks a reporter to contribute to its coverage of companies globally, with a focus on producing original takes on the news and reported analytical scoops. 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. Corporate topics […]
April Fools’: Quartz hires artificially intelligent tech reporter
Business news site Quartz announced Wednesday that it has hired tech reporter Marvin Prime, whose insights are entirely the product of artificial intelligence. A story on its website states, “‘We believe our global reporting needs a local touch — that’s why we look for hires with on-the-ground experience and language skills,’ Quartz editor-in-chief Kevin Delaney […]
Quartz publisher: Why we go short, or very long
Quartz publisher Jay Lauf spoke at the Nieman Foundation and his comments have been posted on the Nieman Journalism Lab website. Here are his comments about the story lengths on Quartz stories: We tend to focus on stories that are either short, meaning under 500 words, or longer, deeply investigated pieces. We use analytics as […]
Quartz hires new head of video
Xana Antunes, editor of new initiatives at Quartz, sent out the following staff hire announcement on Friday: I’m thrilled to announce Solana Pyne is joining us as senior producer of our nascent video team, starting April 6 in our New York offices. Solana will help lead our exploration of what video should be for Quartz, […]
