Robyn Smith is editor in chief of The Tyee, Canada’s pioneering independent digital news outlet. She began her journalism career in 2010 as a Tyee intern and became editor in chief in 2015. Robyn oversees an accomplished team of staff writers, columnists and freelancers who have won awards and recognition for their investigative journalism on climate change, labour rights, and urban development. She is a graduate of the UBC Graduate School of Journalism.
Reach her at rsmith(at)thetyee.ca.
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