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How Quartz sets the agenda every morning

Mădălina Ciobanu of Journalism.co.uk spoke with Quartz ideas editor Paul Smalera about this job.

Here is an excerpt:

What do you most look forward to at the start of your day?

What’s unique about Quartz is we really are a 24/7 global operation. I never have to wake up with the feeling of having to restart the whole machine – my colleagues in Asia, Africa, Europe and India are keeping us on top of the news and catching really fascinating stories from all over the world for our readers, all day long. And I experience that just like any other Quartz reader does, by reading our Daily Brief in my email inbox every morning.

So I have a job at a place that actually helps me do my job by setting the agenda for me every morning. So, seeing what my colleagues have been up to all “night” and using that work to set up my own day is what I really enjoy.

Read more here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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