Quartz hires two new staffers

Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following staff announcement:

Some staff news:

Nikhil Sonnad has joined us this week as a reporter on the Things team. Nikhil arrives in New York from Sydney, where he was working as a journalist-coder at the non-profit news venture The Global Mail. (Check out some of his work there, from data visualizations to longform presentations.) He has previously worked in Taiwan and New York. He speaks JavaScript, Python, Chinese, and Spanish. You can follow him @nsonnad

Jenni Avins joins us on May 7 as lifestyle reporter. Jenni is a contributing editor at New York Magazine’s fashion site, the Cut, and the founder of Closettour.com. Her freelance work has been published by The Wall Street Journal, Harper’s Bazaar, Vice, and other outlets. J. Crew recently took out a two-page magazine ad featuring a note addressed to “Ms. Avins” after she suggested they revive a classic swimsuit, and they did. Jenni speaks Portuguese. You can follow her @jenniavins

With these hires, we’re beginning the process of staffing up for a new phase of growth. In addition to a handful of one-year fellowships we’re finalizing offers for, we’ll be adding incremental new editorial positions in the coming weeks.