The Tyee – David Beers

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Bios

David Beers

Tyee founding editor David Beers has the best job in journalism, as far as he is concerned. He’s had a few to compare. Beers was a senior editor at The Vancouver Sun, Mother Jones and the San Francisco Examiner, and he’s won national honors for his writing and editing in Canada and the U.S. “Nothing compares with the pleasure of starting the Tyee, affording so many talented, brilliant writers, artists and media entrepreneurs a vehicle for sharing their talents with this amazing province and the world,” says Beers.

Since its inception in November of 2003 The Tyee team has won Canada’s Excellence in Journalism Award, two North America-wide Edward R. Murrow Awards, and many other prizes. Beers stresses the rewards for him are community -- “our readers, like our contributors, are loyal and highly engaged” – and impact (The Tyee eclipsed a million page views per month in 2012).

His vision for The Tyee remains the same: establish a sustainable model for independent journalism. One that widens and deepens the democratic conversation about how to create positive change. Having worked in a variety of media business models, Beers is keenly attuned to how financial realities can constrain or liberate journalists to pursue stories they believe in the public interest. “Rigorous, intensively researched and fairly presented journalism is essential to counter the spin powerful interests can muster when big issues are at stake. Citizens crave good journalism, and the internet makes it suddenly far easier for them to find it. But only if it gets produced,” says Beers.

“We at The Tyee hope many others will follow our lead, creating a rich and vibrant independent media sector, giving Canadians options beyond what corporate media chooses to provide.”

Beers also co-founded The Tyee Solutions Society, a non-profit that seeks philanthropic support for journalism in the public interest, reporting projects made available to be published by other publications as well as The Tyee. He is an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and author of a memoir: Blue Sky Dream. He lives in Vancouver with his partner and two children.

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David Beers

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