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Author Archives: 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.
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Spencer Custodio Named Voice of OC Civic Editor
Spencer Custodio has a decade of local reporting experience and was named one of Southern California’s top online journalists.
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Voice of OC Publisher Named One of Orange County’s Top 2021 Influencers
Award-winning journalist Norberto Santana, Jr. was named one of Orange County’s top influencers of 2021 by the Orange County Register.
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OC Canyon Residents Get OK to Return Home Just Ahead of New Year Holiday
It’s the third evacuation order canyon residents faced this month in areas burned out by last year’s Bond Fire with concerns of mudslides (seen in the first storm) and falling debris (seen in the second storm).
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Silverado Canyon Residents Still Under Evacuation Order Ahead of Christmas
The first major winter storm of the season triggered mandatory evacuations along the Bond Fire burn areas, which were later lifted for Williams and Modjeska Canyons but maintained in Silverado.
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Voice of OC Selected Again to Participate in Ambitious Report for America Project
This decimation of local news is all too familiar in Orange County where journalists numbered more than 600 in the 90s and now less than 100 people are covering the county.
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First Big Winter Storm Brings Mudslides, Mandatory Evacuations to OC Canyon Residents
Sheriff officials issued mandatory evacuations midday Tuesday for residents in the Bond Fire burn areas of Silverado, Modjeska and Williams canyons.
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Orange County Prepares for Storm with Voluntary Evacuations in Burn Areas, Cold Weather Shelters
Orange County is bracing for a winter storm with voluntary evacuations in burn areas, cold weather shelters opening and sandbags available to residents in flood-prone areas.
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Voice of OC’s Brandon Pho Takes on Leadership Position with OC Press Club Board
Brandon Pho was elected by his peers on the press club board to serve as vice president in the same year that he first joined the club’s board of directors.
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Reyna Gonzalez, Norberto Santana, Jr. Finalists for Notable Ruben Salazar Award
The award is bestowed by the Latino Journalists of California in honor of the late Salazar who was pioneering in Los Angeles and who at the time of his death was the most notable Latino media voice in LA.
