Zachary M. Seward

Zachary M. Seward is a senior editor at Quartz. He previously worked at The Wall Street Journal and Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab. He teaches digital journalism at NYU.

The Panopticon of Finance: Why Bloomberg Is Always, Always Watching

The Panopticon of Finance: Why Bloomberg Is Always, Always Watching

Is the Bloomberg terminal scandal truly scandalous, or just an open culture of "transparency" gone too far? More »

The Sublime Cluelessness of Throwing Lavish <em>Great Gatsby</em> Parties

The Sublime Cluelessness of Throwing Lavish Great Gatsby Parties

The book is meant to condemn decadence, not celebrate it. More »

The JOBS Act Turns 1&mdash;and It's an Utter Failure

The JOBS Act Turns 1—and It's an Utter Failure

The JOBS Act was supposed to encourage small companies to go public. Instead, IPOs have dropped 21 percent since it was passed. More »

The First Mobile Phone Call Was Made 40 Years Ago Today

The First Mobile Phone Call Was Made 40 Years Ago Today

On April 3, 1973, Motorola employee Martin Cooper stood in midtown Manhattan and placed a call to the headquarters of Bell Labs in New Jersey. More »

The Moleskine IPO: Everything You Need to Know About This Wildly Profitable Fancy Notebook Company

The Moleskine IPO: Everything You Need to Know About This Wildly Profitable Fancy Notebook Company

Seriously, how much money can you possibly make selling old-fashioned paper books? (Apparently: A lot.) More »

Who's to Blame for the New Watered-Down Maker's Mark? Japan, Beam Inc., and Yourself

Who's to Blame for the New Watered-Down Maker's Mark? Japan, Beam Inc., and Yourself

Can a bourbon be too popular? It can when explosive demand overseas and in America forces its parent company to dilute the spirit by 3 percent to keep with its millions of drinkers. More »

Actually, the GIF Is Dying

Actually, the GIF Is Dying

It may have been named "word of the year," but as an image format, the GIF has never been less popular. More »

The Webcams to Watch as Sandy Hits the East Coast

The Webcams to Watch as Sandy Hits the East Coast

A list of cameras streaming the storm's landfall in New York City, Long Island, and along the Jersey Shore. More »

The Biggest Story in Photos

Photos of Tornado Damage in Moore, Oklahoma

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