Recognition
Voice of San Diego has been mentioned as a model to help journalism adapt to new technologies, reader behavior and changing business models. It has been used as a model for the MinnPost in Minneapolis, the Jacksonville Observer, the St. Louis Beacon, and other similar endeavors being undertaken around the country. Voice of San Diegostaff members speak frequently on its model and the future of journalism.
In 2011, the magazine Fast Company named Voice of San Diego as the California innovation leader providing "bold ideas that promise to enrich our cities and economies" for its "United States of Innovation" section.
Voice of San Diego's staff has also garnered awards for its journalism.
Nationally, in 2007, the Society of Professional Journalists awarded Voice of San Diego's Andrew Donohue its Sigma Delta Chi award for online investigative reporting for "Affordable No More," an article about a San Diego affordable housing agency. In 2008, Will Carless, Rob Davis and Donohue also won the Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. award for investigations into conflicts of interest at the city of San Diego's redevelopment agencies. Also in 2008, Emily Alpert received an award from the Education Writers Association for an article about the track record of a charter school finance official, called "The School Guru Who Promised Rescue and Brought Ruin." The Online News Association recognized Alpert in 2010 for Online Topical Reporting/Blogging.
Staff writer Will Carless' three-part special report, "The Forbidden City" won the Best of Show award at the 2006 San Diego Press Club and 2007 San Diego Society of Professional Journalists awards. To compose the piece, Carless spent a week living inside a remote migrant camp.
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