About Us
Founded on the Internet in 1998, DigitalJournal.com began as a technology news site. When our readers started asking to take part in the news-gathering process, we jumped at the idea and in 2006 we started paying writers who wanted to contribute news from around the world. DigitalJournal.com has been a pioneer in online revenue-sharing, as well as a pioneer in the world of participatory media, user-generated news and citizen journalism.
Evolving quite a bit since 2006, DigitalJournal.com is now an alternative news network for people who want to read news, contribute to reporting, debate and discuss news and events from around the world. More info, including press releases and TV appearances, can be found in our press/media section.
Today, DigitalJournal.com is a social news site powered by people just like you. Made up of professional journalists, citizen journalists, bloggers, passionate writers and regular Joes and Janes, DigitalJournal.com covers news and issues of the day. Contributors are known as "Digital Journalists" and they work 24-7 to offer news from multiple perspectives, while special attention is placed on quality and accuracy.
DigitalJournal.com has Digital Journalists in 140 countries around the world, and you too can contribute. To get started, simply set up a free account and you can start contributing immediately: Write news articles and blogs, upload images, embed videos, join or start your own Groups, comment on articles, blogs and photos, and vote for articles and images that matter to you.
While everyone can contribute to DigitalJournal.com through blogs, images, video and groups, we also offer Digital Journalists a chance to get paid to report the news.
Management
Chris HoggChris Hogg is the CEO of Digital Journal, Inc., a pioneer in the world of citizen media. Chris oversees the company’s various online properties, including DigitalJournal.com, Digital Journal TV and the company’s mobile news site at DigitalJournal.mobi.
Chris holds a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Ryerson University in Toronto, and has extensive experience in broadcast television, radio, print and online media.
Making hundreds of appearances on TV and radio stations each year, Chris is often called upon by international media to comment on trends in technology and Internet culture, as well as provide insight into the economic and business strategies of tech companies around the world.
Chris has worked in both Canada and abroad, and has worked, or made appearances, with many news programs and publications including: CBC News, Fifth Estate, CBC Sports, CTV News, City News, CP24, Global News, Business News Network, Daily Planet, Space, Sun TV, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, as well as dozens of syndicated TV and radio networks.
If you've got a question about the site, post it in the DigitalJournal.com Help Group, or join the Addicts Group for regular updates about what's happening on the site.
Find Chrison the Web...
• Personal website
• Press Coverage & TV Appearances
• Follow Chris on Twitter
• Watch Chris on YouTube
• Digital Journal Facebook Group
Alex ChumakAlex Chumak is the Chief Technology Officer and Lead Architect of DigitalJournal.com. Alex holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Guelph, and has done some Master's work in the field of artificial intelligence and robotics.
Dabbling with programming since he was 6-years-old, Alex has extensive experience in programming, databases, artificial intelligence, web optimization and web development. Alex is DigitalJournal.com's chief architect and the brains behind features and functions across the site.
If you've got a question about the site, post it in the DigitalJournal.com Help Group, or join the Addicts Group for regular updates about what's happening on the site.
DigitalJournal.com on the Web...
• Press Coverage & TV Appearances
• Follow Digital Journal on Twitter
• Watch DigitalJournal.com on YouTube
• Digital Journal Facebook Group
David SilverbergDavid Silverberg is the Managing Editor of DigitalJournal.com and the Associate Producer of Digital Journal TV.
David holds a degree in Print Journalism from Ryerson University in Toronto, and has experience in television, radio, print and online media.
David is also the Artistic Director and Founder of Toronto Poetry Slam (a monthly spoken word competition), and is editor of the recently released spoken word anthology, Mic Check. He writes regular columns for various publications.
David has worked in both Canada and the U.S., and has worked with or appeared on many news programs and publications including: Business News Network, City TV, Sun TV, the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Halifax Herald, Now Magazine, The Progressive, High Times Magazine, Quill & Quire, Canadian Business, the Canadian Jewish News, as well as dozens of syndicated radio networks.
If you've got a question about the site, post it in the DigitalJournal.com Help Group, or join the Addicts Group for regular updates about what's happening on the site.
Find David on the Web...
• Press Coverage & TV Appearances
• Follow Digital Journal on Twitter
• Watch David on YouTube
• Digital Journal Facebook Group
Janusz ÜberallJanusz Überall is the Publisher of DigitalJournal.com and Executive Producer of Digital Journal TV. Janusz has lived and worked in Toronto and New York City for the past 30 years.
In the early 1970s, Janusz worked for the first Minister of Multiculturalism in Canada as a photojournalist. Janusz has received many awards for his achievements in corporate communications, advertising and photographic art.
Janusz also produced and directed three one-hour dramas that aired on television in Canada. He was also an anchor and producer for a weekly televised multicultural news program.
In 1988, Janusz was appointed the Director of Advertising & Communications and Publisher for the first privately-owned international air terminal in Canada, Trillium Terminal 3 at Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Toronto. Janusz developed the corporate identity and advertising campaigns for the $500-million Terminal and the Swissôtel.
In October of 1992, Janusz received the medal of The 125th Anniversary of Confederation of Canada from the Governor General in "recognition of significant contribution to compatriots, community and to Canada." In March of 1998, Janusz received the Award of Merit from the Dean of Canadian Parliament for outstanding service in the area of corporate communications.
In 2001, Janusz received an award from the Minster of Canadian Heritage, the Hon. Sheila Copps, for outstanding service and contribution as a volunteer.
Throughout his professional career, Janusz also covered state visits and official government functions throughout Canada, the U.S. and Europe, including travelling with and photographing Her Majesty, the Queen of England. Janusz also attended numerous international meetings including the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the United Nations in New York City where he met with John Paul II; he was accredited to cover the 1997 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Vancouver, B.C.; and the Millennial Celebrations at the Vatican.
In addition to a passion for communication, the Internet and new media, Janusz holds a keen interest in art, opera and a diverse range of music.
If you've got a question about the site, post it in the DigitalJournal.com Help Group, or join the Addicts Group for regular updates about what's happening on the site.
DigitalJournal.com on the Web...
• Press Coverage & TV Appearances
• Follow Digital Journal on Twitter
• Watch DigitalJournal.com on YouTube
• Digital Journal Facebook Group
Board of Advisers
Jack KapicaChair, Digital Journal Board of Advisers
Prior to joining DigitalJournal.com, Jack was a staff writer and editor for The Gazette in Montreal before moving to The Globe and Mail in 1975, where he edited a section of the paper devoted to popular culture. Jack also contributed to Digital Journal magazine between 2001 and 2007.
Over his years at the Globe, Jack contributed to virtually every beat from literary criticism to religion, news and technology. He has been Books Editor, editor of the Letters to the Editor page, and World Editor for the week-in-review Focus section. In 1985, he published a collection of the best letters printed by the Globe, in a book called Shocked and Appalled: A Century of Letters to The Globe and Mail.
He helped train Globe reporters when the newspaper became computerized in 1977, and purchased his first computer in 1981. From 1996 to 1999, Jack wrote many high-tech features as well as a weekly column called Cyberia for the print paper. He also regularly reviewed new products and software. In 2001, he became the lead technology columnist and reporter for the technology section of the paper's website, globeandmail.com.
Jack left the Globe in 2008.
Kerry MunroOver the past two decades Kerry Munro has led and advised organizations on how to experience hyper growth by leveraging consumer behaviour and demystifying technology as a means to connect with consumers, build a digital brand, and increase revenues and shareholder value.
Recently he was the head of Yahoo! Canada, where it became the fastest-growing and best-performing business unit in Yahoo! worldwide, achieving annual double-to-triple-digit growth over four years and creating connections with more than 19 million Canadians monthly.
Kerry has been recognized as one of Canada’s top influential marketers. He advises executives, boards, growth companies and charitable organizations, and is sought after contributor to national news organizations.
Jen EvansJen Evans is the founder and chief strategist at Sequentia Environics, a customer communications agency ranked as Canada's 24th (2005) and 27th (2004) fastest-growing emerging company by PROFIT magazine. She joined the board of ITAC in 2009 and has been the co-chair of the White Ribbon Campaign since 2005, and also sits on RedFlagDeals' advisory board.
Jen writes a column on business and technology for PCworld.ca and was a contributor to The Globe and Mail's online tech edition for seven years. Jen has been talking tech on BNN (formerly Report on Business Television) since 1999, and appears in the Technology in the Workplace segment on Workopolis.tv.
Jen and Sequentia Environics are pioneers in the world of community and social media, developing revenue-focused social content programs as far back as 1999. They developed their first community program for Intel in 2004, and current social media and community clients include Yahoo!, TD Canada Trust, Palm, Coca-Cola Canada, Autodesk, and Bell Enterprise. Sequentia Environics' groundbreaking social measurement methodology, based on customer ethnography, analytics and primary research, has helped more than 40 enterprises establish their social and community strategy and measure success.
Michael GeistDr. Michael Geist is a professor of law at the University of Ottawa, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law.
Michael is an internationally syndicated columnist on technology law issues with his regular column appearing in the Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, and the BBC.
Michael serves on the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s Expert Advisory Board, on the Canadian Digital Information Strategy’s Review Panel, the Electronic Frontier Foundation Advisory Board, and on the Information Program Sub-Board of the Open Society Institute.
Michael has received numerous awards for his work including the Les Fowlie Award for Intellectual Freedom from the Ontario Library Association in 2009; the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Pioneer Award in 2008; Canarie’s IWAY Public Leadership Award for his contribution to the development of the Internet in Canada; and he was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2003.
Andrew WaitmanAndrew Waitman is Chief Executive Officer of Pythian and Managing Partner of Blackswan Ventures, an angel technology investment firm.
From 1996 to 2008, Andrew was the Managing Partner of Celtic House Venture Partners, the largest and most successful IT venture fund in Canada, with more than $500-million under management. He has been involved with more than 75 start-ups and a board member of more than 25 technology start-ups. His current boards include Fidus Systems and Pythian.
Andrew has previously served on the boards of DNA13, Third Brigade, ModaSolutions, Diablo Technologies, Overlay.TV, TrialStat, Memsic (IPO on Nasdaq), Sandvine (IPO on TSE), OctigaBay (acquired by Cray), FastLane Technologies (acquired by Quest Software), Pixstream (acquired by Cisco), Abatis (acquired by Redback), OLAP@Work (acquired by Business Objects), BlueArc, Avesta Technologies (acquired by Visual Networks), Orchestream (IPO on LSE) and Ubiquity Software (acquired by Avaya). He sits on the advisory Board of Genesys Capital and the volunteer Board of SHAD Valley. Prior to Celtic House Andrew held senior positions at Eagle & Partners (now Dundee Securities), Citibank and Nortel.
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and an MBA with distinction from the Richard Ivey School of Business. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario.
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