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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: The Anaheim City Manager Who Knew Too Much

by Norberto Santana Jr. May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Why you can trust Voice of OC

Chris Zapata thought he found his dream job when was hired in Anaheim in 2018. But questioning Mayor Harry Sidhu – who’s being probed by the FBI for public corruption allegations – got him fired.

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Santana: What It Felt Like to Stand Against Anaheim’s Shady Angel Stadium Sale Before FBI Probe

by Norberto Santana Jr. May 19, 2022May 20, 2022
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Santana: FBI Reveals The Secret Agenda Behind Anaheim’s Sale of Angel Stadium

by Norberto Santana Jr. May 17, 2022May 20, 2022
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Santana: Tough Questions We Should Be Asking Our Leaders For The June 7 Primary Election

by Norberto Santana Jr. May 9, 2022May 9, 2022
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Santana: Angels Get a Stadium On The Cheap, Anaheim Taxpayers Get Nearly $100 Million in State Fines

by Norberto Santana Jr. Apr 25, 2022Apr 25, 2022
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Santana: Was the fuse for the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill Riot lit from OC’s Chapman University?

by Norberto Santana Jr. Mar 29, 2022Mar 29, 2022
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Santana: What Should Orange County’s Elected Public Auditor Stand For?

by Norberto Santana Jr. Mar 11, 2022Mar 21, 2022
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Santana: Does Orange County Really Need Another Panel to Study Homelessness?

by Norberto Santana Jr. Feb 22, 2022Feb 22, 2022
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Santana: School Board Renames Romero Cruz Academy to Recognize Santa Ana Education Pioneer

by Norberto Santana Jr. Feb 17, 2022Feb 18, 2022
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Santana: Did OC District Attorney Todd Spitzer Fire a Top Prosecutor to Protect Himself?

by Norberto Santana Jr. Feb 11, 2022Feb 14, 2022

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