Barbara Venezia, a former columnist for the Orange County Register and Daily Pilot as well as Voice of OC board member reflects on the nonprofit journalism model and success of the Voice of OC.
Author Archives: Barbara Venezia
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Venezia: Community Voices Matter in News
Newport Beach Daily Pilot Columnist Barbara Venezia writes about why she joined the Voice of OC board of directors as well as the future of online, non-profit news just as national journalism foundations select the Orange County-based newsroom to participate in a special fundraising match program through Dec. 31. Venezia also will chair a select group of community advisors to the Voice of OC newsroom.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Venezia’s View: Beazley the Change Agent
The county fair’s former CEO says the fairgrounds sale effort needed to be more of a publicly vetted process, writes columnist Barbara Venezia.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Newport Beach
Venezia’s View: Watch Focus on Newport Campaign Bunnies Fade
Voice of OC Columnist Barbara Venezia attends Newport Beach’s Mayor’s Dinner and assesses the hard campaign as well as what comes next in Newport politics.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Transportation
Venezia’s View: Airport Director Retiring, Supes Weigh Replacement
The airport director, Alan Murphy, never shied away from controversy and always made himself available to the community, writes columnist Barbara Venezia.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Venezia’s View: Santa Ana Medical Pot Initiative Could be Headed to Court and Spur Recalls
Venezia talks to medical marijuana activists in Santa Ana, who are exploring suing the city over it’s recent approval of a ballot initiative setting up legal collectives in the city as well as targeting recalls of councilmen Vince Sarmiento and Sal Tinajero.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Transportation
Venezia’s View: Santa Ana Leads the Way on Medical Pot
Voice of OC Columnist Barbara Venezia looks at whether Santa Ana is the city that finally figures out how to properly manage medical marijuana dispensaries in OC?
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Venezias’ View: Moorlach & Me
Voice of OC Columnist Barbara Venezia sits down with outgoing County Supervisor John Moorlach as he prepares to leave office this year. Moorlach hints that he could be eyeing a run for his old office two years from now.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Venezia’s View: An Introduction and Election Wrap-Up
Voice of OC Columnist Barbara Venezia introduces herself and offers a concluding take on this year’s election calendar.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Venezia’s View: Facebook Provides Fodder for Silly Season
Former Assemblywoman Marian Bergeson, now 89, uses social media site to take shots at OC Republican Chairman Scott Baugh and longtime political consultant Dave Ellis over their slate of Newport city council candidates.
