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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 Honored for Leadership, Accuracy and Transparency in COVID-19 Reporting
Voice of OC won recognition this month from community groups for its COVID-19 reporting’s impact on the community, particularly Orange County’s Latino community.
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Accomplished OC Journalist Vik Jolly Joins Voice of OC as a News Editor
Voice of OC’s news team is gaining the expertise and editing guidance of Vik Jolly, an award-winning Orange County journalist.
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Voice of OC to Display Live Election Results for All OC Races for First Time on Election Night
Thanks to an innovation partnership with the Reynolds Journalism Institute results will be displayed for every race on Orange County’s ballots at voiceofoc.org/election.
Posted inMarketing
Voice of OC is Your Lifeline in 2020, Triple Your Donation Now in Year-End Fundraiser
All throughout this unprecedented and tumultuous year, Voice of OC brings you the best local news on the pandemic, protests, economic collapse, wildfires and the election.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
More than 1 Million Ballots Cast in Orange County with Election Day Tomorrow
More than half of registered voters have cast their ballots in Orange County one day ahead of Election Day.
Posted inInside the Newsroom
Voice of OC Partnering With ProPublica on Electionland Project to Seek and Report Voting Issues
Voice of OC is working with the nation’s largest nonprofit investigative news organization, ProPublica on their Electionland project, which gathers voting issue tips and sends them for investigation to local journalists.
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Voice of OC’s Brandon Pho Moderates Garden Grove School Seat Debate
Voice of OC Reporter Brandon Pho recently moderated a virtual debate amongst candidates for a Garden Grove school seat organized by the nonprofit community group VietRise.
Posted inCountywide
Orange County Fires Exceed 27,000 Total Acres, New Evacuation Orders
The Orange County Fire Authority maintains hope of getting air support today as the winds are expected to die down, as Brea and Mission Viejo join the list of evacuating cities.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
Silverado Canyon and Blue Ridge Fires in Photos — Day One
Photos from day one of the Silverado fire that broke out northeast of Irvine early Monday.
