*1.Please select up to 10 candidates(Required.)

Jeremy Shermak

"My name is Dr. Jeremy Shermak and I am the journalism instructor and faculty adviser to Coast Report at Orange Coast College. I have been working in journalism in some capacity for more than 20 years. I earned my Ph.D. in journalism from The University of Texas at Austin and previously studied journalism at the University of Missouri and Indiana University. I also earned an M.A. in writing pedagogy from DePaul University in Chicago. I practiced journalism at the Harbor Country (Mich.) News and the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune, working as a local government/sports reporter as well as a photographer. I most recently worked as a freelance sports reporter for the Malibu (Calif.) Surfside News. Outside of the newsroom, I was a managing editor at market research firm Mintel International and a media analyst at internet analytics firm comScore Networks. I believe that journalism must evolve in order to survive and innovate in order to thrive. Orange County cannot afford to become a "news desert" and I want to work to build journalism into young people's lives throughout the county and beyond."

Caitlin Antonios

"My name is Caitlin Antonios, I am currently a crime and public safety reporter with Southern California News Group and will soon be transitioning to the OC Register's dining reporter position. 


I was born and raised in Orange County and went to undergraduate school at UC Irvine where I studied English and literary journalism. For graduate school, I moved to New York and spent a year at Columbia University learning multimedia reporting skills with a focus on investigative reporting. But as much as I loved New York, my dream was to come back to Southern California and cover the vibrant communities I grew up around. I spent a year freelancing and working on a grant from USC's Center for Health Journalism while looking for a full-time job when I finally landed at SCNG. 


One of the best parts of being a reporter is other reporters. Commiserating together, venting together, drinking together. It's a much needed perk in a notoriously grueling and thankless job. For me, a local press club is a place where those connections to other reporters grow whether it's through social events or by learning from one another. It's a place to celebrate our accomplishments when people in power may not and defend one another when we come under fire. 


If I am elected to the Board of Directors, I hope I can help organize panels focusing on the incredible work reporters in OC are doing which will both celebrate reporters and give others the chance to learn from their experience. 


Within the press club, there are so many reporters from different backgrounds. I'm Lebanese and I've been lucky to meet other Arab journalists around the area and it has been so helpful to me to build that community. I would love to see the Press Club be a part in facilitating those connections and if I was on the board I would certainly do my best to work with other board members to see how best to accomplish that."

Patty Marsters

"Patty Marsters has served on the board of the Orange County Press Club since 1998, acting in many roles, including president, treasurer and secretary. For the past several years, she has focused her organizational skills on putting together the annual Excellence In Journalism contest. After the demise of OC Weekly, she moved on to LW Weekly, the newspaper for Seal Beach’s Leisure World residents and the surrounding community. Patty now serves as a communications specialist for the Newport-Mesa Unified School District. She also mentors aspiring writers at Newport Harbor High School and co-leads a multilevel Girl Scout troop. In her spare time, Patty reads for fun, creates baked goods, and rants at inanimate objects (such as her computer) about her grammatical and writing pet peeves. She prefers writing in the first person, but uses third person for these sorts of biographies. She lives in Orange with her two daughters, two cats, an aging goldfish, and a rotating cast of snails with unusual names."

Shawn Raymundo

"Shawn Raymundo is the managing editor for Picket Fence Media, overseeing the Dana Point Times, San Clemente Times and The Capistrano Dispatch. Prior to living in South Orange County, he spent three years in the U.S. territory of Guam, working as the government accountability reporter for the Pacific Daily News. There, he covered the island’s legislature and governor’s office. Over the years with PFM, he’s reported on the cities of San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano, covering a range of issues such as nuclear waste and utilities, transportation and mobility, coastal environment, and the never boring subject of local government. Shawn is an Arizona State University alumnus with a bachelor’s degree in Global Studies. During his time at ASU, he worked for the school’s newspaper The State Press, where he held various positions including reporter, photographer and news desk editor."

Kathy Hobstetter

"Kathy is an international journalist and has been an OC Press Club board member for four years. Her publication, the iJump Sports Business Journal, has always been based in Orange County. The journal covers the international show jumping horse business, which has a financial impact of millions on the economy and the people and businesses who are in the sport. She has lived in Orange County since 1965. She enjoyed promoting and writing about a wide variety of subjects and she wrote extensively as a freelance journalist before opening her own magazine. She wants to continue bringing positive energy and enthusiasm to the Press Club and to the journalism industry. Also, her journalism ties connect with her mother, Violette Murphy, who was one of the first journalists in the world who went to jail in 1961 for refusing to reveal a news source, which was groundbreaking at the time."

Brandon Pho

"Brandon Pho is a reporter for Voice of OC covering North Central Orange County. Pho was the senior editor for his college newspaper, The Daily Titan at Cal State Fullerton, where his work garnered first-place honors at the Los Angeles Press Club and the College Media Association. Brandon is currently a member of Report for America, a national network of local reporters committed to bolstering democracy throughout the U.S."

Hannah Fry

"Hannah has served as an OC Press Club board member for four years, including two terms as President. During her time, she has helped organize events such as the annual Journalism Awards Gala and has selected deserving high school and college students for scholarships. Hannah is a Metro reporter covering Orange County for the Los Angeles Times. She joined the newspaper in 2013 as a reporter for the Daily Pilot, a Times Community News publication. Hannah covered breaking news for The Times for two years and was part of the team that was a 2020 Pulitzer finalist for its coverage of a boat fire that killed 34 people off the coast of Santa Barbara. She grew up in Orange County and got her start as an intern at the Orange County Register. She lives in Irvine with her husband, Danny, and her son, Benjamin."

David Young

"David is a working journalist and internationally recognized public affairs strategist who has worked in a variety of public capacities throughout his career. Currently, he is an editor with Community Media Corporation and has formerly served as editor of the Catalina Islander, the Seal Beach Sun and other publications. Based for many years in Washington, D.C., he now lives and works in Southern California. As a strategist, has counseled local, state, and federal agencies, Fortune 500 companies, public officials and nonprofits. He was awarded the journalism award in high school, the telecasting innovation award in college and was first named to Who’s Who in America in 1994.  He attended the LSU School of Journalism and studied broadcasting at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. His work has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Information Agency and others."

Sonya Quick

"Sonya Quick is a membership manager, reporter and educator with more than 15 years of experience in news. She is the membership manager for CalMatters. Until March 2022, she served as digital editor at Voice of OC where she managed online fundraising, marketing, engagement, digital storytelling and user experience. In addition to working at CalMatters, she teaches digital journalism at Chapman University. Previously, she worked for eight years at the Orange County Register as a digital and engagement editor, reporter, infographics storyteller and as the Register’s first mobile editor. She has more than decade of experience in leading efforts to create more connected journalism across devices, social platforms and audience types. Her career of work includes editing, reporting, designing infographics, researching data, developing mobile apps, refining user experiences, managing fundraising efforts, engagement on social media, guiding newsroom groups towards transformation and designing complete marketing roll-outs. Quick has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from California State University, Long Beach."

Daniel Langhorne

"Daniel has served on the Board of Directors since 2018. He is currently the communications and website manager for Sage Hill School. Daniel moved to Orange County from his hometown of Santa Barbara in 2008 to attend Chapman University. He wrote for the college newspaper, The Panther, for nearly four years before obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and English with an emphasis in journalism. While attending Chapman, he started interning at the Orange County Register as a community blogger in Orange. In 2012, he was hired as a staff writer covering Orange and Villa Park. He went on to cover the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum as well as housing, development, education, water and local politics in other Orange County cities. Since leaving the Register in 2015, he has written for Law360, The Foothills Sentry, The Newport Beach Independent, The Laguna Beach Independent, Los Angeles Times Community News, BehindtheBadge.com, and Military.com. He served as engagement editor for a nonprofit newsroom, The War Horse, from 2018 to 2022. In February 2020, Langhorne was named managing editor of The Laguna Beach Independent. He departed the weekly newspaper as executive editor in September 2022. As an Orange County Press Club scholarship winner, he believes the press club plays an important role in fostering the next generation of journalists because the world needs journalists more than ever. He lives in Irvine with his wife, Hannah, and son."

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