Daniel Sieberg has more than 25 years of experience working at the intersection of technology and journalism. He is the CEO and founder of iO Corp. He also leads iO Ventures LLC to advise early-growth journalism-focused startups. Before that, he was with Civil, a decentralized marketplace for sustainable journalism, as head of journalism operations and co-founder.
Sieberg previously worked at Google in NYC as co-founder of Google for Media and head of training and development for the News Lab, which is Google’s team responsible for liaising with the editorial side of newsrooms to drive innovation and new forms of storytelling. He previously spent 20 years as a science and technology reporter and analyst for the likes of CNN, CBS News, ABC News, Details, MSNBC, the Vancouver Sun and BBC America. Sieberg has been nominated for 5 National News & Documentary Emmy Awards and is the recipient of a Peabody Award as part of CNN’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. His first book, The Digital Diet (Crown), was published in 2011 and reprinted in several countries. He holds a M.J. from the University of British Columbia and a B.F.A. from the University of Victoria.
