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Norberto Santana - Voice of OC Editor-in-Chief and Publisher

Topic:  Critical Issues in Orange County and How Voice of OC Identifies and Covers These Stories

We are so proud to announce as our first Lunch with League speaker in several years, Norberto Santana.  Those of us who have heard him speak in the past will agree, he is a dynamic and compelling speaker. 
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Cost $25 / person

Speaker Bio: Norberto Santana, Jr. is an award-winning investigative journalist with nearly two decades’ reporting experience, most recently engaging Orange County government institutions and decision-makers as the founding publisher of the nonprofit digital newsroom, Voice of OC.

Before founding Voice of OC in 2009, Santana was a lead investigative reporter for the Orange County Register, focusing on county government.  Previously, he was a staff writer for the San Diego Union Tribune and the San Bernardine County Sun.

Norberto’s pioneering work in investigative reporting has earned him prestigious accolades, including:
• In 2017 and 2018 the Orange County Press Club recognized Santana as Orange County’s best columnist.  
• In 2021, Santana, Jr. was honored as the best publisher in the nation amongst small newsrooms at the Local Journalism Awards.
• In 2021, The Orange County Register named him one on the most influential people in OC.
• In 2023, Santana was selected to join an exclusive group of 27 newsleaders from ABC News, The Associated Press, BBC, CNN, and the Los Angeles Times, for the prestigious year-long Media Transformation Challenge Fellowship at the renown Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida.