Staff Writer, Breaking News

Quartz seeks a breaking news writer to cover market-moving developments across a range of sectors and geographies. We’ll provide a supportive, collegial environment that values entrepreneurialism and offers constructive feedback. You’ll bring strong news judgment, crisp writing, and genuine enthusiasm for covering major business stories in real time.

We’ll be looking for speed, accuracy, and creative approaches to formats for stories about high-profile mergers, important earnings reports, interesting IPOs, key CEO appointments, emerging scandals and controversies, interesting business partnerships, and major swings in stock prices that beg examination and explanation.

Requirements

Sharp writing skills with a clear voice and adherence to deadlines
Prior experience covering business news (minimum 3 months)
Knowledge of journalistic standards and best reporting practices

This is a position covered under the collective bargaining agreement with the WGA-E at a minimum of $63,000.00 with a range of up to $65,000.00 annually, dependent upon years of related experience.

G/O Media is deeply committed to fostering a transparently inclusive workplace environment and people of color, women, people with disabilities, veterans, and LGBTQIA+ candidates are very strongly encouraged to apply. Our company-wide mission is to reach very diverse audiences and so, we are deeply committed to having teams and leaders that reflect this mission.