As it grows, the Audio team is focused on two key objectives: one, for “The Daily” to just keep getting stronger, and keep pushing the boundaries of what a daily news show can do and be; and two, to collaborate with journalists in the newsroom to tell a select number of the most significant stories of the year as their own series, each with a distinct voice and sound.

The Audio team is thrilled to announce five key hires in pursuit of those goals.

Lisa Chow will be joining us as senior editor for “The Daily.” Most recently, Lisa was the host of “StartUp,” the flagship Gimlet documentary series about entrepreneurial life. If you’ve never heard season four, about the American Apparel founder Dov Charney’s efforts to start over after his public fall, you must listen. Before that, Lisa was senior editor at FiveThirtyEight and an economics reporter for “Planet Money” and WNYC. She is revered in the audio world as both a great mind and a great colleague, and we are so excited she’s joining us.

Marc Georges will be joining us as editor for “The Daily.” Marc just launched the third season of the narrative series “First Day Back.” Each season documents one person’s effort to make a comeback — from extended time away from work, from time in prison, from a near-death experience. Marc has worked with several Audio team members in past lives, and we are all thrilled to have him bringing his thoughtful approach to storytelling to the team.

Adizah Eghan will be joining us as news producer for “The Daily.” Adizah has been working as producer at Snap Judgment, where she just won the top Third Coast documentary award for “Counted: An Oakland Story,” her yearlong look at homicide victims in Oakland, Calif. She’ll be helping us bring that kind of vision and commitment to story to the show.

Eric Krupke will also be joining us as news producer for “The Daily.” Eric has been working as a one-man band at The Financial Times — hosting, producing and editing their daily news program. He may be the first person to join The Daily and look around and think, “Well, this is easy.”

Kelly Prime will be returning to NYT Audio as narrative producer! Kelly is coming off producing “More Perfect,” the Radiolab spinoff series from WNYC about the Supreme Court. Kelly worked with NYT Audio in its earliest days, leading production on “The EP,” an experimental collaboration with the magazine on the annual “25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going.”

Lisa, Marc and Eric start Monday, March 25; and Adizah and Kelly will begin Monday, April 29.

Finally, we are absolutely delighted to say that Julia Simon is officially joining the Audio team, as deputy director, focusing on audience strategy and operations. Julia stepped in for Samantha Henig while she was on maternity leave, and made herself so beloved and indispensable that no one could bear to see her go. She collaborated with Brand on a successful three-city marketing campaign for “The Daily,” worked closely with Product to oversee the launch of a new presentation of audio on story pages, led the audience strategy for the rollout of “Caliphate” and “Charm City,” and — most recently — launched “The Daily” newsletter!

Believe or not, there are more big announcements to come on this front in the weeks ahead. We are excited for you to meet the new members of our team, and to make great audio together!

— Lisa Tobin and Samantha Henig