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| Type | Daily |
|---|---|
| Format | Online |
| Founder(s) | David Beers |
| Publisher | Jeanette Ageson |
| Editor-in-chief | David Beers |
| Managing editor | andrea bennett |
| Founded | November 2003 |
| Political alignment | Left-wing |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Website | thetyee |
The Tyee is an independent daily news website based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in November 2003 as an alternative to corporate media.[1] Articles in The Tyee focus on politics, culture, and life.
The Tyee was founded by David Beers, a writer and former features editor at The Vancouver Sun. Over the years the outlet has attracted attention not just for its news coverage, but also for its non-traditional funding model. The Nieman Lab called it one of the "kookiest" revenue strategies it had ever seen, incorporating advertising, donations and equity sales in its funding model, and even renting out space in its newsrooms.[2]
Since its launch, The Tyee has featured a number of notable writers, including Andrew Nikiforuk, Andrew MacLeod, Katie Hyslop, Crawford Kilian, Michael Harris, Colleen Kimmett, Geoff Dembicki, Charles Campbell, Christopher Cheung, Tom Barrett, Sarah Berman, Chris Wood, Ian Gill, Chris Pollon, Steve Burgess, Murray Dobbin, Michael Geist, Terry Glavin, Mark Leiren-Young, Rafe Mair, Will McMartin, Shannon Rupp, Vanessa Richmond and Dorothy Woodend.
In 2015, The New Yorker magazine called The Tyee "a fascinating case study" of how local journalism is funded.[3]
The Tyee reported its site received approximately 8 million visitors in 2021,[4] with similar readership figures the year before.[5]
- ^ Morrow, Fiona (August 21, 2009). "A site for sore journalists". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ^ "Cash from every corner: Three kooky ways Vancouver's Tyee pays for top-shelf regional journalism". Nieman Lab. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ^ Vara, Vauhini (April 15, 2015). "Survival Strategies for Local Journalism". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
- ^ "The Tyee's 2021 Year in Review" (PDF). The Tyee. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ "The Tyee's 2020 Year in Review" (PDF). The Tyee. Retrieved June 23, 2022.