Quartz updates policy regarding PR relationships
Financial news site Quartz has updated its policy regarding how its journalists work with public relations professionals, saying it will not accept information on background with no attribution. Executive editor Heather Landy writes, “We’ll be rigid about this with paid company spokespeople. If we request information and it’s emailed to us with a note from a PR […]
Quartz seeks a future of finance senior reporter
Quartz seeks a reporter to cover the future of finance globally, spanning a broad range of finance and technology topics. You would be part of Quartz’s growing, distributed team and help shape our unique approach to covering business and finance news. This position would focus on the forces shaping global finance right now—technology, regulation, and […]
Quartz hires media and entertainment and economics reporters
Quartz editor in chief Katherine Bell has announced two additions to the newsroom: Adario Strange, a media and entertainment reporter, and Nate DiCamillo, an economics reporter. Adario Strange, media and entertainment reporter Adario comes to Quartz from Next Reality, a site focused on augmented and virtual reality, where he was the lead editor. Previously he was a reporter […]
How sourcing helps build a business journalism career
Michelle Cheng of Quartz writes about developing a career in business journalism, based on comments made at the financial news site’s sixth webinar about the field. Cheng writes, “Work on sourcing and extracting exclusive information. Know your topic inside and out, and marry that expertise on subject matter to get the right info you need. People […]
Quartz taps Donner as executive editor for “Quartz at Work”
Francesca Donner is joining Quartz as an executive editor for “Quartz at Work,” overseeing the company’s coverage of the transformation of the modern workplace and the future of work. She will also manage the “Quartz at Work” team and lead the development of new products and services. Recently, Donner was at The New York Times, […]
Quartz is getting back into the podcast business
Business news publisher Quartz announced the launch of a free, weekly podcast called Obsession that will premiere Oct. 12 and signals its foray back into podcasting, reports Mark Stenberg of Adweek. Stenberg writes, “Based both on its signature Obsession newsletter and the Quartz habit of structuring its content into verticals called Obsessions, the 20-minute podcast will explore […]
Quartz hires four new staffers
Quartz editor in chief Katherine Bell announced Thursday four new additions to the newsroom. They are: Harish Menon, Quartz India editor. This is Menon’s second time working with QZ; he first joined in January 2016 as a desk editor in India, before being promoted to senior editor and then co-editor of the edition. Most recently, […]
Quartz increases staff diversity due to remote work
Financial news site Quartz increased its staff diversity by offering workers the chance to work remotely, reports Sara Guaglione of Digiday. Guaglione reports, “Quartz opened up hiring to ‘all applicants everywhere’ last summer, as part of the hiring policy changes implemented to improve its process as well as diversify the applicant pool and subsequently staff. ‘Nothing compared […]
Quartz hires Teng as associate membership editor
Quartz has hired Jasmine Teng as an associate membership editor based in New York. She starts at the end of August. Teng was most recently at CB Insights, where she wrote research briefs, edited data-driven posts, and produced the newsletter. She has also interned at Bloomberg and Forbes and was a fellow at LinkedIn. She […]
How Quartz is using membership to fund journalism
Aisha Majid of The Press Gazette writes about how Quartz is using a membership model to fund its journalism. Majid writes, “While on the face of it Quartz’s membership programme might more closely resemble a subscription (the content is behind a paywall), Frick says that the publication’s relationship with readers is more than just transactional. “‘The […]
