Digital Journal

Digital Journal is a Canadian Internet news service that blends professional contributions with user-submitted content.

Digital Journal began as a technology and gadget magazine in 1998 and evolved into a global citizen journalist news hub in 2006. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and shares advertising revenue with citizen journalists who report for the site and it has control mechanisms to ensure content is accurate and well written. Contributors submit a sample of writing and are asked to demonstrate expertise to Digital Journal's editorial board. The company has an assignment desk where contributing journalists are informed of news items ripe for press coverage. The Board of Advisors includes journalist Jack Kapica, business executive Andrew Waitman, law professor Michael Geist, business executive Kerry Munro and business executive Jennifer Evans.

See also 

Blog
Citizen journalism
Collaborative journalism
Democratic Journalism
Local news
Media democracy
Open source journalism
Participatory Media
Social news
Wiki journalism
Wikinews
National Observer (Canada)

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Category:Canadian news websites
Category:Citizen journalism
Category:Internet properties established in 1998