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, […]
Examining the Quartz Africa strategy
Ken Doctor writes for Nieman Journalism Lab about the strategy behind the upcoming launch of Quartz Africa. Doctor writes, “This Africa initiative follows another launched last May, with Quartz India. That push informs this strategy and shows more nuance of its business model — and its journalistic sensibility — that a casual reading of the […]
Quartz executive editor leaving to become LA Times ME
Mitra Kalita, an executive editor at Quartz, is leaving to become managing editor of editorial strategy at the Los Angeles Times. A memo from Times publisher Austin Beutner and editor Davan Maharaj states: Mitra will work to develop and refine new styles of journalism similar to those she helped pioneer at Quartz. Launched in 2012, Quartz is known […]
Shades of certainty in Quartz story
Craig Silverman writes for the Poynter Institute about a story posted on the Quartz business news site using shades of gray in a story by Adam Epstein to distinguish facts it’s certain of, facts it thinks are correct, and facts that it doesn’t know. Silverman writes, “Along with the key, Epstein also listed all of the […]
Seward promoted to VP, executive editor of Quartz
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following announcement on Friday: I’m happy to announce the promotion of Zach Seward to vice president of product and executive editor of Quartz. This move reflects Zach’s responsibility for a broad range of Quartz’s operations from its earliest days through today, and his central role in […]
Quartz Africa to launch in June
Business news site Quartz announced Wednesday that it will launch Quartz Africa this June. More than 40 percent of Quartz’s readers are from outside the U.S. and in just over two years, the site has attracted more than 100,000 monthly unique users from Africa. Following its successful launch in June 2014, Quartz India has expanded […]
Examining the native ad strategy at Quartz
Bill Mickey of Folio looks at Bulletin, an ad unit that allows the advertisers on the financial news site Quartz to use all of the same elements that the editorial staff has at their disposal to produce stories. Mickey writes, “Fitting in while standing out means designing ads that not only look like editorial content, […]
Quartz strategy begins to crystallize
Michael Sebastian of AdAge examines the strategy behind the business news site Quartz. Sebastian writes, “But the question looming over Quartz is whether it can continue to grow its audience, add revenue streams and start throwing money to its owner Atlantic Media. “The site is relatively small. In November, Quartz attracted 7 million unique visitors […]
Quartz hires design reporter Quito
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following announcement on Monday: I’m happy to announce that Anne Quito is joining Quartz as our design reporter, starting today. Anne will cover a range of topics, from visual design, corporate branding, and product design to workplace design and architecture. She’s a rare writer who has […]
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 […]
