About Us

Welcome to voiceofsandiego.org. We are a public-service, nonprofit news organization that focuses on in-depth and investigative reporting. We cover the issues that are crucial to the region's quality of life: its politics, educational system, environment, housing, economy and more.

We don't try to be everything to everybody. We don't think we're the only place you're going to get news today. We know that in today's world you've got plenty of places to turn for national and international coverage, and there are other publications in San Diego doing work that we don't need to chase after or replicate. Those are all just a mouse click away.

That's why we follow a simple maxim: We don't do a story unless we think we can do it better than anyone else or no one else is covering it. What does that mean? We work hard to add value to everything we do, offering you unique coverage that you can't get anywhere else. We don't follow the pack and try not to offer the same headlines that everyone else is offering.

That's why you don't see us try to cover every story. Instead, we invest our time in tracking down the most meaningful San Diego stories and the stories that aren't being done. We try to be the best at the areas we can cover with our small but growing staff: Politics, education, neighborhoods, environment, public safety, housing, economy and hopefully more as we move forward. We can't get to everything, but we can promise you to put all of our hard work and care into the issues we can get to.

We try to go beyond the press releases and press conferences to bring you the stories that our leaders and powerful don't want to announce -- the kind of stories that result in positive change, uncover vital information for San Diegans, and bring us together as a community. And we put perspective and analysis into the things they do announce. We don't report with any right- or left-wing agenda. But we are inspired by passion to expose what is right and wrong, to drive reform and to spur solutions for the best of the community as a whole. We offer these stories in the traditional in-depth news articles or in blogs. Our commitment is to engage you through lucid storytelling and serial narratives, to bring you along with our reporters as they do what they love and get you involved in a conversation about San Diego. You can see our content not only here but on the television, radio and news pages of our partners all around San Diego County.

We also understand that in today's world you can be inundated with information overload or have a hard time keeping track of everything that's going on. That's why we offer daily aggregations of the most important local news, political news and educational news. Sign up to receive our Morning Report.

And the best part: We're a nonprofit, so we first and foremost measure our success by the impacts of our stories, not by our page counts. Thank you for stopping by, and if you like what we're doing, please think about donating. After all, we exist because of the kind donations of readers like you.

Who We Are

voiceofsandiego.org is a nonprofit, independent and insightful online newspaper focused on issues impacting the San Diego region.

Our Mission Statement

To consistently deliver ground-breaking investigative journalism for the San Diego region. To increase civic participation by giving citizens the knowledge and in-depth analysis necessary to become advocates for good government and social progress.

Our Funding

voiceofsandiego.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We are a pioneering journalism model for professionally staffed, online news organizations that is being replicated nationwide. We will continue to operate with the support of individuals, foundations and businesses which, like you, recognize the importance of local news from an independent perspective.