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Old Media, New Voices Article featured on Orange County Business Journal

2026-02-27T16:04:40-08:00November 17, 2025|

Old Media, New Voices, OC World’s Co-Founder and Executive Producer Scott Hays has written a compelling Leader Board column for the Orange County Business Journal about the community shifts in news coverage, public media programming, and other forms of storytelling. Hays argues that the future of local media depends not just on writers, reporters, and storytellers, but on a community willing to support them—which will require continued investment in the form of advertising dollars, sponsorships, underwriters, and grant opportunities for nonprofit platforms. Without support from the community, local media will simply disappear altogether. READ ARTICLE

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OC World’s Scott Hays Named Among OC’s 500 Influential Leaders

2026-02-27T16:18:18-08:00November 10, 2025|

OC World Co-Founder and Executive Producer Scott Hays has been named one of OC’s 500 most “influential leaders” in the Directory of Influence, published by the Orange County Business Journal. The OCBJ’s OC500 Directory of Influence is an annual publication celebrating the "most impactful leaders, innovators, and change-makers in the Orange County business community.” Their editorial team and publisher carefully curate the list, selecting individuals based on their newsworthy achievements, recognition at prominent OCBJ events, and lasting influence within the business landscape. OC500 2025: Letter From the Publisher OC500 2025: SCOTT HAYS

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OCBJ Leader Board: Preserving the Endless Summer

2025-05-02T19:43:38-07:00May 1, 2025|

The Surf Heritage and Culture Center (SHACC) was opened in 1999 by Dick Metz and a group of founding partners. It moved to San Clemente in 2004 and over the years has been referred to as the “Smithsonian” for the surf culture. SHACC is now in the process of moving to within walking distance of the Pacific Ocean. For more information about SHACC and its founder Dick Metz, read “Preserving the Endless Summer” on the OC Leaderboard page of the 28 April 2025 issue of Orange County Business Journal. Click Here For Full Article

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OCBJ Leader Board Article On $9 Billion Surf Industry of OC

2025-02-11T14:37:52-08:00February 11, 2025|

In the latest issue of the "Orange County Business Journal", OC Founder / Executive Producer Scott Hays writes about how most of the brand companies in the surf industry either launched or landed here in the coastal communities of Orange County – San Clemente, Dana Point, Laguna, Newport, Huntington, and Costa Mesa – considered today by many business and industry leaders as still the “epicenter” of the surf culture worldwide. Click here to view article. A private, invitation-only screening of the documentary, “The Surf-Skate Evolution of Orange County,” will be held 27 February at the recently renovated Lido Theater in Newport Beach.

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Laguna Beach’s Stu News Commemorates OC World

2024-02-08T03:49:15-08:00November 19, 2023|

Laguna Beach’s Stu News celebrates OC World’s two-year anniversary. Co-Founder and Executive Producer Scott Hays shares, “OC World is grateful for the significant support we’ve received over the past two years in support of our new nonprofit media model helping us to educate and inform the community of Orange County about issues of significance in their lives.”

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