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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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Voice of OC Is 11-Years Old!
We were so busy doing what we do that we forgot to stop and reflect on what we’ve become: Orange County’s premier essential news source, aimed at helping residents enhance, enjoy and protect their quality of life.
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More Than 1,500 People Step Up to Support Voice of OC
More than 1,500 people in the community have stepped up and become a Voice of OC donor.
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Voice of OC Debuts New Homepage Design
Voice of OC is unveiling a fresh new homepage design today — tailored to delivering the best local news across laptops, smartphones and tablets.
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Voice of OC Offers Certainty in an Uncertain Time
Voice of OC is committed to bringing you news you can use every day.
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Voice of OC is Your Local & Nonpartisan News Agency Holding Officials Accountable
We are all so busy these days keeping up with everything. Especially now during Coronavirus. Mowing the lawn, washing the car and making dinner are all mixed in now with […]
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Voice of OC Transitions Reader Engagement to Social Platforms
Starting today, in place of comment fields following each story, readers will be encouraged to: join the open dialogue on our Facebook page, message us directly with general news tips and questions, send us anonymous news tips via secure options and contribute ideas by penning community opinion pieces.
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Nonprofit News Like Voice of OC Needs Your Support Now More Than Ever
Orange County can’t afford to lose public service journalism like ours — reporting that delivers facts instead of fear, that speaks truth to power, that helps you protect your quality of life.
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New York Times Boosts Local News for World Press Freedom Day
“On World Press Freedom Day and every day, we encourage you to find a local news organization you trust and support it,” says a New York Times initiative.
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Voice of OC Exists to Protect Your Quality of Life
Voice of OC was started a decade ago on the simple idea (that some called crazy) to protect the community’s quality of life through solid reporting on local government. And […]
