DigitalJournal.com began as a technology news site in 1998.
Based on readers' feedback and suggestions, it started participating in the news-gathering process.
In 2006, it started paying writers who contributed news from around the world. Thus, 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.
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.
Today, DigitalJournal.com emphasizes to readers: "It 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."
Contributors are known as "Digital Journalists" and they offer news from multiple perspectives. Special attention is placed on quality and accuracy.
DigitalJournal.com has Digital Journalists in 175 countries around the world, and it invites all to contribute.
It states, "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."
Everyone can contribute to DigitalJournal.com through blogs, images, video and groups
Digital Journalists have a chance to get paid to report the news.
On 30.7.2011, according to quantcast report (http://www.quantcast.com/www.digitaljournal.com, digital journal has 93,800 US visitors per month and is ranked 18,096 in USA websites.
Source for the article: http://www.digitaljournal.com/corporate/about_us.php
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