Quartz Executive Editor and SABEW board member Xana Antunes recently won the Front Page Lifetime Achievement Award from The Newswomen’s Club of New York.
Antunes is executive editor at Quartz. Prior to starting there in 2014, she was executive editor and vice president at CNBC Digital; editor at Crain’s New York Business; executive editor at Fortune and CNNMoney.com; and editor, deputy editor and business editor at New York Post.
The Newswomen’s Club of New York is the only professional organization exclusively for women journalists in the New York metropolitan area. It was established in 1922 and members include women who work in newspapers, magazines, radio, television, photography and new media.
The club’s signature event is the annual Front Page Awards, which honor journalistic excellence by newswomen. The Front Page Awards are among the most prestigious in journalism and are unique in focusing on the contributions of women journalists.
