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Sonya Quick

Sonya Quick

Sonya Quick is digital editor for Voice of OC overseeing civic engagement (social media, email and civic engagement), digital fundraising, marketing and design (across-device user experience and digital storytelling). Quick joined Voice of OC in November 2016 and has since managed the first #NewsMatch fundraising drive, re-imagined the Voice of OC logo and visual brand and launched a website redesign. In June 2017, Voice of OC was awarded top news website design by the Los Angeles Press Club. Prior to Voice of OC, Quick worked for eight years at the Orange County Register in a variety of roles including: the organization’s first mobile editor, social media manager, web and blog editor, infographics reporter and reporter. During that time, Quick helped create a mobile strategy for Freedom Communications, launched the first Register mobile apps, helped re-imagine the Register’s disaster plan for the digital age, helped transform community coverage, managed the Register’s 50+ blogs, developed a trial Register community wiki, covered Irvine and launched a mobile apps technology blog a year before the iTunes App Store was unveiled. Quick has been a member of the Society of Professional Journalists since 2003. She served as region 11 director in 2008 and as national student representative in 2004. Quick graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in English literature Languages spoken: English Areas of expertise: Digital storytelling, social media, infographics, data reporting, mobile and web design, news marketing, non-profit fundraising.

Voice of OC Strives to Reflect the Orange County Community

Inside the Newsroom
By Sonya Quick | August 11, 2020

Voice of OC continues seeking to have a diverse staff — in ethnicity, gender, age and life experiences — to better serve the Orange County community.

Voice of OC Read by More Than 1 Million People in July

Inside the Newsroom
By Sonya Quick | August 3, 2020

More than 1 million people have read Voice of OC this month — the highest point in the news agency’s history and a sign of its increasing coverage and community connection.

Voice of OC News, Arts Journalism Honored in Orange County Press Club Awards

Inside the Newsroom
By Sonya Quick | July 31, 2020

Voice of OC’s investigative, news, arts, photography and graphics won top awards in this year’s Orange County Press Club awards.

Voice of OC Works Hard to Get You the Public a Seat at the Table

Marketing
By Sonya Quick | July 30, 2020

Voice of OC is Orange County’s institution dedicated to getting the public involved in those discussions: reporting the truth and pushing agencies to allow for public participation.

Voice of OC Convenes County Public Health Experts to Answer Coronavirus Questions

Inside the Newsroom
By Sonya Quick | July 17, 2020

The discussion garnered more than 50 public questions in the day prior the event and the video so far has several thousand views.

Voice of OC to Host Live Video Coronavirus Discussion with County’s Top Experts on July 16

Inside the Newsroom
By Sonya Quick | July 15, 2020

Voice of OC is hosting a LIVE video interview with Orange County’s top Coronavirus experts starting at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16.

CNN Talks with Voice of OC Reporting Fellow Noah Biesiada on Board of Education Recommendations

Inside the Newsroom
By Sonya Quick | July 14, 2020

CNN’s Brianna Keilar said, “Noah, your reporting on this is excellent, you really walk us through it so well I must say.”

Voice of OC Brings You All Sides and the Facts, Setting the Stage for Healthy Debate of Local Issues

Marketing
By Sonya Quick | July 13, 2020

Voice of OC is front and center each day, offering readers front row seats to a host of debates about the future of Orange County.

Voice of OC Reporter Spencer Custodio Named a Top Online Journalist in Southern California

Inside the Newsroom
By Sonya Quick | July 7, 2020

Voice of OC’s tremendous achievements are thanks to its diverse and rapidly group of donors from across Orange County, which recently grew to more than 2,000 individuals.

Orange County Still Offers Opportunities to Celebrate the Fourth of July from a Distance

ARTS & CULTURE
By KRISTINA GARCIA AND KIM PHAM | July 4, 2020

Options to celebrate the Fourth of July in OC amid Coronavirus.

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