Solar Eclipse Draws Viewers at Santa Ana Civic Center
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The eclipse provided a crescent view of the sun in the late morning for people at the Santa Ana Civic Center.
Voice of OC brings families together through healthy communities coverage
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In August 2015 Amy DePaul wrote about new approaches to helping the homeless for Voice of OC. “The approach, dubbed “housing first,” focuses on placing people a home, and then offering the psychiatric and logistical services that would help them improve their health and well-being,” DePaul wrote. Her article featured Donald Meade, a once drug-addicted man who battled cancer and chronic heart problems while living on and off in downtown Santa Ana’s Civic Center, along with hundreds of other homeless people. DePaul shared how Meade, thanks to the Illumination Foundation, had been placed in a one-bedroom apartment in Fullerton and was being aided through recovery. Flash forward to April 2017.
Civic engagement training provided by Voice of OC
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Active Orange County residents were invited to the Voice of OC newsroom to engage in editorial writing training as part of the Santa Ana Media Summit. Santana also gave the opening keynote address titled, “John the Debate.” Voice of OC Publisher Norberto Santana, Jr., guided the audience in understanding the opportunity presented by writing columns. “It’s when you stay silent and in the corner that you are in harm’s way,” Santana said. “Writing allows you to take your idea and put it to the city.”
Summer interns welcomed at Voice of OC
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Voice of OC recently welcomed an energetic team of interns for the summer. Gabrielle Colón, Phi Do and Jose Ochoa were selected from a pool of applicants for Voice of OC’s summer internship period. Colón will work in digital media, Do on data reporting and infographics and Ochoa on reporting and photography. Applications are currently being accepted for the fall Voice of OC internship period. CLICK HERE to learn more.
California Submerged: Rising Seas are claiming its famed coast faster than scientists imagined
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San Francisco’s Embarcadero and low-lying cities such as Huntington Beach will flood more frequently and more severely.
Voice of OC Named Top News Site in Southern California
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The Los Angeles Press Club awarded Voice of OC the best news website in Southern California Sunday night. A panel of national judges applauded the website’s polished design, hard news and strong photography. “Clean yet newsy front page. Plentiful pictures but not so many or so large they distract from the articles. The author profile pages were useful; they contained not just the author’s various stories but multiple ways to contact and follow reporters.”
New photographer joins the Voice of OC team
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Voice of OC has brought on Jeff Antenore as a contributing photographer. Antenore holds a master of science degree in photojournalism from Boston University and a bachelor of arts degree in communications and political science from UCLA. He also contributes and has contributed to the Orange County Register, PR Newswire, Getty Images, Patch.com, Action Sports Photography, the American Academy of Pediatrics, Homes for Our Troops and many other clients. Antenore will work as a contributing photographer on the Voice of OC news team. You can see some of his first work here:
Memorial service in homeless encampment remembers 18-year-old woman
Sheriff’s Sergeant Says He Ended Jailhouse Notes on Informants Without Reading Them
Homelessness and Poverty Keep Growing in Orange County, Studies Find
OC Veterans Cemetery: Strawberry Fields Forever?
Norberto Santana, Jr., speaks at press summit for California Newspaper Publisher’s Association
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The California Newspaper Publisher’s Association hosted a press summit today, inviting Voice of OC Publisher Norberto Santana, Jr.
Santana joined Christina Shih of Voice of San Diego in talking with moderator Jocelyn Dong of Palo Alto Weekly. Responding to a question about reconciling donor interests with professional news reporting, Santana said doing the right thing monetizes. “Real news reporting must be the umpire between divergent interests, not a cheerleader. Our donors understand and support this,” Santana said.
Memorial service in homeless encampment remembers 18-year-old woman
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Residents of the homeless encampment along the Santa And River in Anaheim gathered to remember the life of an 18-year-old woman. Cheyenne, known as “Kid,” overdosed on heroin.
OC Press Club honors Voice of OC with three awards
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Voice of OC took home three awards from the OC Press Club awards contest held May 15. David McQuay Award for Best Columnist
Publisher Norberto Santana, Jr., was awarded the David McQuay Award for Best Columnist. He was awarded for this series of columns on homelessness:
Focus for Santa Ana Civic Center Should be People Not Buildings
County Supervisors Making Progress on Homelessness
Civic Center Homeless Camp Now Keeping People from Jury Duty
Labor Day Reminds Us Government is Fueled by People Not Politicians
Doing the Right Thing
Best Investigative Story
Civic Editor Tracy Wood was awarded third place for Best Investigative Story. She was awarded for ‘Behested Payments’ Add Another Layer of Money in Politics. Best Public Affairs Story
Reporter Nick Gerda was awarded second place for Best Public Affairs story. He was awarded for O.C.’s Rise in Suicides Largest Among Major U.S. Counties.