Voice of San Diego

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voiceofsandiego.org
TypeDaily news website (Monday through Saturday)
FormatOnline
Owner(s)Nonprofit
Founded2005
Headquarters San Diego, California, United States
Website voiceofsandiego.org

Voice of San Diego is a nonprofit news organization focused on issues affecting San Diego County, California.

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Background

Voice of San Diego is an online-only local news site. Established in 2005, [1] it was one of a number of such publications that emerged around that time in response to layoffs at traditional local print newspapers. [2] [3] [4] The site is known for both its news coverage and local investigative reporting. [1] [4] [5] The website is partially funded by grants, but is financed primarily on a nonprofit membership model.

The News Revenue Hub, which helps other nonprofits adopt membership features, started as a project of Voice of San Diego in 2016. [6] [7] [8] In 2017 it was spun off as an independent organization. [9]

Recognition

Voice of San Diego has won a variety of local journalism awards from the San Diego chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for investigations exposing corruption at the San Diego Unified School District [10] and from the San Diego Press Club. [11] [12]

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  6. Wang, Shan. "Voice of San Diego is spearheading a team to help other smaller news outlets build membership programs". Neiman Lab. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  7. Fortis, Bianca (December 6, 2016). "Membership Services Hub Aims to Help Nonprofit News Orgs Grow". MediaShift. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
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  9. Lewis, Scott (May 19, 2017). "Voice of San Diego to Spin Off New Organization to Support Good Journalism Everywhere". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  10. "Winners of San Diego SPJ's 2016 Contest". Society of Professional Journalists San Diego. July 22, 2016.
  11. Times of San Diego Wins 16 Awards at S.D. Press Club, Times of San Diego (October 27, 2015).
  12. Leslie Berestein, Union-Tribune takes 11 top Press Club awards, San Diego Union-Tribune (October 22, 2009).