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Norberto Santana, Jr. is an award-winning investigative reporter with nearly two decades reporting experience, most recently engaging Orange County government institutions and decision makers as the founding publisher of the nonprofit digital newsroom, Voice of OC.

As publisher, Santana oversees all newsroom, engagement and fundraising operations and also writes a weekly Opinion column about Orange County government.

In 2017 and 2018, the Orange County Press Club recognized Santana as Orange County’s best columnist.

Before founding Voice of OC in 2009, Santana was a lead investigative reporter for the Orange County Register from 2004-2009, focusing on county government. He’s spent nearly two decades just focusing on local governments across Southern California, previously as a staff writer with outlets such as the San Diego Union Tribune and the San Bernardino County Sun.

Santana began his journalistic career in the early 1990s as an apprentice reporter with Congressional Quarterly in Washington, D.C. covering daily floor action in the U.S. Congress and followed that up with a stint covering the territorial Senate for the U.S. Virgin Islands Daily News.

In addition to his experience as a journalist, the Southern California native has a master’s in Latin American Studies, has worked as an elections analyst on National Endowment for Democracy programs across Latin America and was one of the founders of CubaNet.org, a website featuring the work of dissident journalists inside Cuba that has operated since 1995.

Languages spoken: English and Spanish

Areas of expertise: Orange County, southern California, investigations, politics, elections, government transparency, Congress, Latin America, local government, civic education and reporting education.

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Santana: A Year After FBI Corruption Allegations, Anaheim’s Politicians Fail What Could Be Their Final Exam

Avatar photo by Norberto Santana Jr. Aug 24, 2023Aug 24, 2023 Why you can trust Voice of OC

In the wake of FBI affidavits, an independent corruption investigation report and a plea agreement, Anaheim City Council members are still acting as if the biggest corruption scandal in OC history just happened.

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Santana: Anaheim’s Corruption Probe Backs Up Years of Reporting, Community Concerns. Now What?

Avatar photo by Norberto Santana Jr. Aug 3, 2023Aug 3, 2023 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Santana: More Than 13,000 Public Workers Across Orange County Get a Pay Raise This Week

Avatar photo by Norberto Santana Jr. Jul 20, 2023Jul 19, 2023 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Santana: The Art of Showing Up Is What Keeps America’s Flag Waving

Avatar photo by Norberto Santana Jr. Jul 3, 2023Jul 1, 2023 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Santana: Iranian Women Keep Finding Powerful Allies in Orange County

Avatar photo by Norberto Santana Jr. Jun 6, 2023Jun 5, 2023 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Santana: Searching For a Veterans Cemetery in Orange County on Memorial Day

Avatar photo by Norberto Santana Jr. May 29, 2023May 27, 2023 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Santana: Celebrating the Life of Orange County’s Ultimate Grassroots Activist

Avatar photo by Norberto Santana Jr. Apr 17, 2023Apr 17, 2023 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Santana: Washington Warned Us To Skate Through The National Political Fracas

Avatar photo by Norberto Santana Jr. Feb 20, 2023Feb 20, 2023 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Santana: Orange County’s Era of Astroturf Elected Officials is Over

Avatar photo by Norberto Santana Jr. Jan 12, 2023Jan 11, 2023 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Santana: Why Are Some of OC’s Biggest School Districts Firing Their Superintendents Over Winter Break?

Avatar photo by Norberto Santana Jr. Jan 5, 2023Jan 19, 2023 Why you can trust Voice of OC

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