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How to get featured in Quartz

How to get featured in Quartz: what the outlet looks like after its 2025 sale, how its newsletters work, how to reach staff, and what to expect from a pitch.

Website: qz.com
Lead time: Newsletter items: days. Larger stories: one to several weeks, depending on staff capacity.
Last verified: October 16, 2026

At a glance

Audience. Business professionals following global business, markets, technology, AI, and leadership through the site and its newsletters.

Business news
Money and markets
Tech and AI
Leadership and workplace
Washington and policy
Lifestyle

Staff reporting: A small editorial team produces business news and a set of newsletters, including the Daily Brief, Leadership, AI and Tech, Washington, and Markets.
Contributed articles: We found no public contributor or guest submission program.
Opinion and op-eds: We found no public op-ed submission route.
Press releases: Press releases are not published as editorial content. Quartz says readers can reach writers through the contact details on each byline.

Pitching Quartz, step by step

Check current bylines first; the newsroom is much smaller than it was before 2025.
Click the byline of the writer covering your topic to find their contact details, as Quartz's About page suggests.
Match the pitch to a newsletter, such as Leadership, AI and Tech, or Markets.
Lead with data or a clear business trend rather than a product announcement.
Keep expectations realistic about volume and turnaround given the team's size.

How Quartz decides what to cover

Quartz, founded in 2012, describes itself as a guide to the stories and trends driving business, covering big companies and the people who run them, along with technology, markets, the economy, and leadership. Its newsletters are central: the Daily Brief, Leadership, AI and Tech, Washington, Markets, the Weekend Brief, and the Quartz Obsession.

The outlet has changed substantially. In April 2025, G/O Media sold Quartz to Redbrick, and trade press reported that most of the editorial staff was laid off as part of the sale. Before that, Quartz had also drawn criticism for publishing AI-generated news articles. Anyone pitching Quartz in 2026 should assume a small team and check who is actually writing today.

How to pitch Quartz

Quartz’s About page gives the most direct instruction: tap or click any byline to find that writer’s email address and social accounts. Start there. Read the current newsletters, find the writer closest to your topic, and send a short pitch that ties your news to a business or market trend.

Data-led pitches, clear explanations of how a sector is changing, and leadership or workplace angles fit the current newsletter lineup. Single-company product news is a harder sell for a small team. If you do not hear back, a single short follow-up is reasonable; beyond that, move on and revisit when you have new data or a sharper angle.

Contributed articles and op-eds

We found no public contributor program or op-ed submission guidelines for Quartz. If you have a strong argument tied to a Quartz newsletter topic, a brief note to the relevant writer is the only realistic route, and there is no guarantee of a reply.

Frequently asked questions

Can you pay to be featured in Quartz?

Not in editorial coverage. Quartz sells advertising and memberships separately.

Does Quartz accept guest posts?

We found no guest post or contributor submission process.

Who should I pitch at Quartz?

The writer on your topic, using the contact details on their byline page.

A PR-led agency approaches Quartz by verifying the current newsroom first and then pitching a tight, data-backed trend story to the right newsletter writer. See how we run media relations.

Mistakes that get pitches ignored

Relying on old Quartz staff lists; most of the previous newsroom left in 2025.
Pitching product news without a business or market angle.
Assuming Quartz still covers every vertical it once did.

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