Nikhil Sonnad

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Nikhil Sonnad

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Nikhil Sonnad is a reporter at Quartz. He is obsessed with leveraging code for the sake of compelling and important stories. That means heavy doses of data collection, analysis and visualization. Before coming to Quartz, Nikhil worked on data-driven stories and visualizations with the Australian non-profit news venture The Global Mail, and before that, he studied philosophy at Michigan State University. He is fluent in Mandarin, Javascript, Spanish, Python, and English. Above all he enjoys learning.

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6/10/18

Buy now: Quartz’s “Indisputable Map of Southeast Asia” t-shirt

Buy now: Quartz’s “Indisputable Map of Southeast Asia” t-shirt

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PublishedJune 10, 2018

5/27/18

Here’s a t-shirt you could wear everywhere in East Asia without upsetting anyone

Here’s a t-shirt you could wear everywhere in East Asia without upsetting anyone

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PublishedMay 27, 2018

2/28/18

Trump’s White House communications directors, by length of service

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PublishedFebruary 28, 2018

2/15/18

We edited Trump’s condolence speech on America’s latest school shooting

We edited Trump’s condolence speech on America’s latest school shooting

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PublishedFebruary 15, 2018

12/13/17

“Black voters turned out” isn’t the full story of Alabama’s surprise Democratic win

“Black voters turned out” isn’t the full story of Alabama’s surprise Democratic win

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PublishedDecember 13, 2017

12/8/17

Flow chart: What happens next to Trump’s travel ban?

Flow chart: What happens next to Trump’s travel ban?

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PublishedDecember 8, 2017

10/10/17

Q&A: Douglas Hofstadter on why AI is far from intelligent

Q&A: Douglas Hofstadter on why AI is far from intelligent

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PublishedOctober 10, 2017

5/5/17

Memo to Rex Tillerson: Why the US State Department needs word clouds

Memo to Rex Tillerson: Why the US State Department needs word clouds

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PublishedMay 5, 2017

12/19/16

What would happen to the electoral college if Congressional districts were apportioned evenly?

What would happen to the electoral college if Congressional districts were apportioned evenly?

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PublishedDecember 19, 2016

11/22/16

All of Trump’s cabinet nominations

All of Trump’s cabinet nominations

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PublishedNovember 22, 2016

11/17/16

10,000 words ranked according to their Trumpiness

10,000 words ranked according to their Trumpiness

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PublishedNovember 17, 2016

10/19/16

Quartz’s debate drinking game—updated in real time so you know exactly when to drink

Quartz’s debate drinking game—updated in real time so you know exactly when to drink

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PublishedOctober 19, 2016

10/9/16

Quartz’s debate drinking game—updated in real time so you know exactly when to drink

Quartz’s debate drinking game—updated in real time so you know exactly when to drink

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PublishedOctober 9, 2016

10/5/16

How countries like China and Russia are able to control the internet

How countries like China and Russia are able to control the internet

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PublishedOctober 5, 2016

9/26/16

Quartz’s debate drinking game—updated in real time so you know exactly when to drink

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PublishedSeptember 26, 2016

1/15/16

Here’s a list and map of all the Walmart store closings in the US

Here’s a list and map of all the Walmart store closings in the US

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PublishedJanuary 15, 2016

9/11/15

How the human brain has evolved in size—measured using tennis balls

How the human brain has evolved in size—measured using tennis balls

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PublishedSeptember 11, 2015

7/14/15

See where ‘Go Set a Watchman’ overlaps with ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ word-for-word

See where ‘Go Set a Watchman’ overlaps with ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ word-for-word

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PublishedJuly 14, 2015

1/9/15

We’re live-charting the very strong US jobs report for December

We’re live-charting the very strong US jobs report for December

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PublishedJanuary 9, 2015

12/5/14

We’re live-charting the absolutely fantastic US jobs report for November

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PublishedDecember 5, 2014