Chris Hogg

Chris Hogg is the CEO of Digital Journal, Inc., a media company and platform built from the ground up to be digital-first and social by nature. Regarded as an expert in user-generated media and social technologies, Chris has grown Digital Journal into a global media company with members in 200 countries. Digital Journal specializes in creating social tools and automation technologies to help media companies hit revenue, content, engagement, social and technology goals at scale. Chris is also the co-founder and CEO of the Future of Media, a speaker series dedicated to following the evolution of journalism, news and media. Chris is regarded as a social news and new media expert who has a proven track record of leveraging technology, social and content to scale media businesses. Chris developed one of the Web’s first revenue-sharing social news platforms and is widely credited as being a pioneer in the user-generated media space; Chris led development and growth strategies for Digital Journal, turning a website with a few readers into a diverse global media business followed by millions of people. Chris regularly consults and coaches individuals and corporations on developing online growth strategies by implementing Web-based technologies and a social approach to scale any business. Chris has a background in journalism and holds a degree in Journalism from Ryerson University in Toronto. He 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 new media, technology and the Internet. Chris has worked in both Canada and abroad, and has worked with or appeared on 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, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, and 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 • Subscribe to Chris on Facebook • Follow Chris on Twitter • Press Coverage & TV Appearances • Digital Journal on Facebook