Quartz hires two new staffers
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following staff announcement: Some staff news: Nikhil Sonnad has joined us this week as a reporter on the Things team. Nikhil arrives in New York from Sydney, where he was working as a journalist-coder at the non-profit news venture The Global Mail. (Check out some of […]
How Quartz has doubled its email signup rate
Quartz’s Daily Brief, an email newsletter that surpassed 50,000 subscribers earlier this year recently changed its sign-up process, reducing friction and enabling a more seamless subscription experience. The result is that Quartz, a business news site from The Atlantic, has doubled the rate of sign-ups. When Quartz launched in 2012, it wanted to build an account […]
Quartz hires new website developer
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following staff hire announcement on Monday: Micah Ernst starts today as our product engineering director. He comes from Time, where he was manager of web development and oversaw the recent relaunch of Time.com. Micah has led development of projects there including Time.com’s earlier responsive design and […]
Unlikely data nuggets fuel Quartz stories
Ben Cardew of The Guardian writes Sunday about Quartz, the business news site from The Atlantic. Cardew writes, “But for Quartz, the Atlantic’s mobile-first business news site, the term denotes the kind of unlikely data nugget behind several of its biggest stories, part of a recipe that has helped Quartz to 5 million readers in […]
Making business journalism that doesn’t taste like medicine
Delivering informative news and not making it taste like medicine is one of the key challenges of business journalism. On Saturday afternoon, Kevin Delaney, Quartz editor in chief and co-founder, and NPR’s Planet Money’s Caitlin Kenney discussed different ways to innovate business journalism and make it compelling for readers. Reynolds Visiting Professor of Business Journalism […]
Quartz seeks global news editor
Quartz seeks an editor to lead its newsroom team and guide daily coverage with bracing creativity and ambition. You would run Quartz’s global newsroom, assigning coverage, editing stories, and managing the bulk of our journalists. We are looking for someone with an obsessive interest in news and compulsion to find the most original and smart approaches for […]
Quartz editor Delaney, publisher Lauf named co-presidents
Kevin Delaney, the editor of the Quartz business news site, and Jay Lauf, the site’s publisher, have been named co-presidents of the Atlantic Media property. Delaney and Lauf, who founded and have since led Quartz, have been promotedin recognition of the brand’s remarkable growth and success since it launched a year and a half ago. […]
Quartz seeks a business reporter
Quartz seeks a reporter to help us commit acts of journalism with code. You would be part of the growing Quartz Things team, which is chiefly responsible for our data-driven and visual journalism, from charts to interactive graphics to news apps. “Thing” is simply our catchall term for stories that break free of the traditional […]
Quartz formally announces India launch
Quartz, Atlantic Media’s business news website, announced Thursday that it will launch Quartz India this June with region-specific content and targeted native ads. More than 40 percent of Quartz’s readers are outside the U.S., a level that has been consistent since its launch in September 2012. India remains a top source of Quartz’s international traffic, […]
Quartz plans to launch India site later this year
Quartz, the business and financial news site from The Atlantic, is planning an Indian site to launch later this year, reports Joe Pompeo of Capital New York. Pompeo writes, “Capital has learned that Quartz is preparing an India channel to launch this spring or summer, possibly around the time of the country’s national elections in […]
