The Tyee
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The Tyee is an independent Canadian
online web magazine, which focuses on coverage of news and media issues in British Columbia
.
The Tyee was launched in November 2003 by David Beers
, a journalist who had previously been associated with the Vancouver Sun. Other journalists currently associated with The Tyee include Rafe Mair
, Murray Dobbin, Steve Burgess, Ryan Austin, Will McMartin, Linda Solomon, Barbara McLintock, and Andrew Nikiforuk
.
In October 2005, it claimed 130,000 unique visitors made 400,000 visits and looked at roughly one million pages.
In 2007, the Canadian Journalism Foundation
gave The Tyee an Honorable Mention for "Excellence in Journalism for Small, Medium or Local Media", a new category which included online media with less than 500,000 unique visitors a month.
As of 2010, The Tyee had received over 30,000,000 page views.
In the past The Tyee has also generated revenue by allowing donors to contribute specifically to coverage of particular news topics such as they did during the 2009 election, allowing smaller donors to attach "strings" to their donations. David Beers refers to this practice as "crowdsourcing our editorial board".
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
online web magazine, which focuses on coverage of news and media issues in British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
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The Tyee was launched in November 2003 by David Beers
David Beers
For the financial analyst, see David Beers David Beers is a Canadian journalist. He was born in 1957 and grew up in San Jose, California, where his father worked for Lockheed as a satellite test engineer. He attended Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. He was the former editor of...
, a journalist who had previously been associated with the Vancouver Sun. Other journalists currently associated with The Tyee include Rafe Mair
Rafe Mair
Rafe Mair, born , is a lawyer, political commentator and former radio personality and politician in British Columbia, Canada.Mair was born in Vancouver, British Columbia where he worked as a lawyer for many years....
, Murray Dobbin, Steve Burgess, Ryan Austin, Will McMartin, Linda Solomon, Barbara McLintock, and Andrew Nikiforuk
Andrew Nikiforuk
Andrew Nikiforuk is a Canadian journalist who has won multiple National Magazine Awards. His work has appeared in Saturday Night, Maclean’s, Canadian Business, Report on Business, Chatelaine, Alberta Views, Equinox, and Canadian Family and in both national newspapers...
.
In October 2005, it claimed 130,000 unique visitors made 400,000 visits and looked at roughly one million pages.
In 2007, the Canadian Journalism Foundation
Canadian Journalism Foundation
Founded in 1990, the Canadian Journalism Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in Canadian journalism by recognizing outstanding journalistic achievement and by promoting dialogue between media, business, government and academe.The Foundation's awards...
gave The Tyee an Honorable Mention for "Excellence in Journalism for Small, Medium or Local Media", a new category which included online media with less than 500,000 unique visitors a month.
As of 2010, The Tyee had received over 30,000,000 page views.
100-Mile Diet
On June 28, 2005, The Tyee published the first article on the The 100-Mile Diet by James MacKinnon and Alisa Smith. The Tyees coverage of the diet was a catalyst for the world-wide food movement.Journalism fellowships
In February 2006, The Tyee launched two charitable funds to help pay journalists and provide stories not covered in the mainstream media. The Tyee Investigative Fellowship Fund provides grants for journalists doing in-depth, investigative pieces, and "The Tyee Solutions Fellowship Funds" provides money for those exploring successful innovations in the areas of ecological sustainability, equality and economic vibrancy. Between December 2005, when the fund was first announced, and February when it was launched, they raised about $36,000 dollars, about $21,000 from reader donations and $15,000 from the Endswell Fund at Tides Canada Foundation, which matched readers' donations up until that point.Funding and ownership
The majority of The Tyees funding is provided by Working Enterprises, a grouping of companies affiliated with the Canadian Federation of Labor. Working Enterprise owns 66% of The Tyee with the other third being funded/owned by investor Eric Peterson. In addition to the funding provided by these two sources which total $450,000 (as of 2010)an additional $150,000 is generated through advertising, grants and reader donations.In the past The Tyee has also generated revenue by allowing donors to contribute specifically to coverage of particular news topics such as they did during the 2009 election, allowing smaller donors to attach "strings" to their donations. David Beers refers to this practice as "crowdsourcing our editorial board".