Local news organization
Voice of San Diego is a nonprofit news organization focused on issues affecting San Diego County, California .
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]
References
^ a b Richard Pérez-Peña (November 17, 2008). "Web Sites That Dig for News Rise as Watchdogs" . The New York Times .
^ Gurwitt, Rob (December 2006). "Blackout: Big-city newspapers aren't telling citizens the things they need to know" . Governing .
^ Snedeker, Lisa (September 12, 2007). "The emerging online-only local paper" . Media Life Magazine . Archived from the original on March 24, 2010.
^ a b Dotinga, Randy (February 12, 2008). "Nonprofit journalism on the rise" . Christian Science Monitor . Retrieved February 10, 2011 .
^ "Blackout: United States of Innovation" . Fast Company. May 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2011 .
^ 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 .
^ Fortis, Bianca (December 6, 2016). "Membership Services Hub Aims to Help Nonprofit News Orgs Grow" . MediaShift . Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
^ Ciobanu, Mădălina (December 16, 2016). "How Voice of San Diego is helping five newsrooms bring memberships into the revenue mix" . journalism.co.uk . Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
^ 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 .
^ "Winners of San Diego SPJ's 2016 Contest" . Society of Professional Journalists San Diego. July 22, 2016.
^ Times of San Diego Wins 16 Awards at S.D. Press Club , Times of San Diego (October 27, 2015).
^ Leslie Berestein, Union-Tribune takes 11 top Press Club awards , San Diego Union-Tribune (October 22, 2009).
External links
Nieman Journalism Lab. "Voice of San Diego" . Encyclo: an encyclopedia of the future of news . Retrieved April 1, 2012 .