WSJ overhauls how its news operations work
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Gerard Baker sent out the following announcement to the staff on Wednesday: In the past few years we have made great progress in equipping our newsroom for the challenges of the digital age and in integrating and streamlining our editing resources to ensure we continue to publish, hour by […]
Fast Company’s new site allows for module changes
Fast Company magazine has launched a redesigned website that allows its editors to change the modules on the home page, giving the magazine more flexibility in what it showcases to its readers. The current home page, for example, features five featured stories, as well as short news stories currently called “The Latest” but will likely […]
Providence daily revamps Sunday business section
John Kostrzewa, the business editor of the Providence Journal, writes about how the paper is changing its Sunday business section to give it more of a local focus. Kostrzewa writes, “Each week, the section will include a developed story about a Rhode Island business, industry or economic trend. There will also be a feature, Data […]
Chicago Tribune cuts Monday biz section
The Chicago Tribune has cut its Monday business section and replaced it with a section produced by the newspaper’s content agency, reports Robert Feder. Feder writes, “In place of the Monday business section, it’s now running Success, an insert produced by Tribune Content Agency offering advice on ‘money, work and the business of life.’ “In a […]
How Fortune changed in 2015
Fortune editor Alan Murray writes about how the business magazine has changed in the past 12 months. Murray writes, “The biggest change has been in the digital arena, where we now publish 80 to 100 stories a day, read by nearly 17 million people a month. Our video audience has grown fivefold, and we have […]
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 […]
Tech site VentureFizz launches redesign
VentureFizz, a six-year-old website that covers tech and entrepreneurs in Boston, has redesigned its website. Founder Keith Cline writes, “Today, we’re sharing an important piece of news about one growing Boston startup that’s particularly near and dear to the VentureFizz team’s hearts – ours. “We’re thrilled to announce the new VentureFizz! Don’t worry, we’re not […]
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 […]
International Business Times undergoes redesign
The business news site International Business Times unveiled a redesign on Thursday. The redesign includes a new online visual system and a new logo for the brand that places and emphasis on the forward motion and forward thinking of its journalism. The new homepage features a streaming feed of stories on the left rail, space for […]
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, […]
