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Clip: Tweeting the tale of a very crowded Disneyland

2010-12-28
By: Sonya Quick
On: December 28, 2010
In: Blogging, Breaking, Social, UGC

Link: Tweets tell the tale of teeming Disney theme parks When the Disneyland Resort reached capacity I joined in to help out our reporting staff by collecting interesting tweets about the crowded park. The reporting was fun to do, showed the value of reporting via social networks and brought our audience’s content into our report.Read More →

Clip: User-shared double rainbow photos

2010-12-23
By: Sonya Quick
On: December 23, 2010
In: Clips, Social, UGC

Link: Double rainbow spotted in Irvine During the holiday time I found that several readers were sharing photos of a double rainbow to our shareoc inbox and on Twitter and Flickr. Our science reporter was out for the holiday, so I filled in and posted reader photos and comments about the double rainbow, along with links to previous rainbow stories. Two interesting notes. One, once we started a slide show of rainbow photos other readers were quick to submit their own photos. Two, the readers’ whose photos were used are now frequently sending in breaking news tips and interesting photos.Read More →

Project: Improve engagement on Twitter

2010-12-15
By: Sonya Quick
On: December 15, 2010
In: Social, UGC, Web

Link: @OCReggie on Twitter As part of my social work, I am working on reinvigorating the OCRegister’s main Twitter account @OCReggie. One change is I added two new people to the account’s management crew (we now have eight). This allows for one permanent sub and for one person to be the on-call night and weekends person (alerts are sent by our newsroom editors, but this person jumps in to listen and help people during big off-hours events). The two new people lets us have more people available during disaster times (such as wildfires) and to embed social into the newsroom’s core, rather than just beingRead More →

Project: Register mobile traffic share hits 10%

2010-12-03
By: Sonya Quick
On: December 3, 2010
In: Mobile, Projects

OCRegister mobile traffic share of Register traffic surpassed 10 percent in November 2010. I compile the information for monthly mobile reports sent to newsroom staff, as well as marketing and advertising employees. The mobile share shows the shift of some segment of our audiences (or attraction of new audiences) to mobile products. 2010 mobile share of all digital traffic: 2.74%    January 3.67%    February 4.08%    March 3.45%    April 4.50%    May 7.64%    June 8.27%    July 9.22%    August 7.59%    September 9.55%    October 10.49%    NovemberRead More →

Project: Unify branding across products and social channels

2010-10-10
By: Sonya Quick
On: October 10, 2010
In: Branding, Projects, Social

Link: OCRegister Facebook pages I worked with the Register’s key web and mobile designer, Rick Ho, to create unified branding across the Register’s social media accounts. The first step is the Register’s Facebook pages. I worked closely with the marketing and advertising departments, OCRegister social media users and our social audiences to use the same branding base for our mobile products and social accounts.Read More →

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Hey there, thanks for visiting! I am digital editor at Voice of OC. I am also a mom to two, a wife, a Long Beach resident, a fan of hoppy beers, a vegetarian and an amateur baker who enjoys perfecting macarons.

I have been a journalist all my life, starting with creating my own newspaper for back to school and open house nights in the fourth grade. I continued writing and editing news through middle school, high school and college. My career includes working at Voice of OC, Chapman University and the Orange County Register.

I am a passionate supporter of providing valuable news and information while building strong online, mobile and social communities around content. I thrive when challenged and I care deeply about producing quality work in a fast-paced environment.

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