Senior Investigative Reporter
Will Huntsberry investigates corruption and mismanagement in public institutions. He has also written extensively about education and COVID-19. Contact him with tips about fraud, waste, injustice, and inequality in San Diego.
Email: will@voiceofsandiego.org
Phone: (619) 693-6249
Twitter: @willhunstberry
READ WILL HUNTSBERRY’S LATEST WORK
How the Trash Screw-Up Happened and Why It’s Not Going Away
It was the simplest of mistakes. The city sent bad billing information on roughly 87,700 customers to the county tax collector’s office. An employee transferring the data from Salesforce into a TXT file made an error, the Politics Report has learned. City staff say that about 50.2…
Firefighters Union Pulls Endorsement of Foster
The city of San Diego’s firefighters union has pulled its endorsement of City Councilmember Henry Foster. Exactly why isn’t clear. The firefighters union is still in negotiations to secure a contract with the city. The other city unions have already secured theirs. Here’s the really interesting part:…
El Cajon’s Drama That Won’t Stop
The lore is deep on this one. Ben Kalasho is a former El Cajon city councilmember with as infamous a reputation as a politician can have — a characterization which he fully disputes. Of the worst stuff that’s been alleged? “None of it is true,” Kalasho told…
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Get To Know Will Huntsberry
Background and Coverage
I’ll give you the tl/dr version of my history — I grew up in North Carolina, and, if you can believe it, began my journalism career in broadcast news. I spent some time at the Raleigh Public Record and NPR before making my way to San Diego in 2018. I knew I wanted to focus on reporting that has an impact, and that’s what we do here at Voice of San Diego.
What Makes a Good Story
The topics that interest me most are storylines that unfold over weeks, months or even longer.
Everyone has a different definition for what makes a good story, but for me it’s something that will capture people’s attention. It might have an aspect of mismanagement or corruption. Or it might simply be clear explanations and investigations of topics that we still don’t understand, like the skyrocketing cost of university.
Get in Touch
I’m always looking for new tips and ideas from the community. I can be reached at (619) 693-6249 or will@voiceofsandiego.org.
Readers can send me a DM on Twitter — that’s also where you’ll find details on how to contact me via Signal, a more secure messaging platform.