“The importance of OC World can’t be understated.”
– Steve Churm, OC World Guest Host

Your Community. Your Story. Our Lens.

OC World is Orange County’s only award‑winning, nonprofit multimedia company dedicated to public affairs, community insights, and local storytelling. We create in‑depth news programs, feature stories, and documentary shorts that reveal the heart and soul of our communities.

Testimonials

“OC World a nonprofit media outlet continues to deliver some of the highest quality information in this market.”

– Steve Churm, Founder and Principal of Churm|360

“OC World is is just fabulous. We really need more coverage in Orange County. More honest and complete scientifically valid coverage.”

– Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, UC Irvine Professor in Psychology, Criminology, and Law.

“At OC world they’re doing important journalism probing big issues highlighting our culture and engaging thought leaders and in its short existence OC world has already distinguished itself with award-winning documentaries.”

– Rick Reiff, Broadcast Journalist

“Unfortunately there are so many news deserts in California and around the country we have to think of new models to provide news and information to people and that’s why I’m so excited about OC World.”

– Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Berkeley Law School

“Orange County is the sixth largest county in the nation in terms of population but yet we don’t have our own Media Center we turn to that’s why it’s so important that we have a resource such as OC world.”

– Jeffery Ball, President/CEO, Orange County Business Council

“We believe that in order to build community you have to understand your community. We’re thrilled that OC world has had so much success bringing that to Orange County.”

– Kelly Hallman, Board Chair & Director of Fun, Living Peace Foundation

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