January 27, 2025 David Beers, Editor-in-Chief of The Tyee

A Good News Story about Journalism Today

At a moment when newsrooms are shrinking and billionaires increasingly control major media, where is the model for the local, independent, solutions-focused journalism we need as citizens? One is right here in BC. The Tyee is Canada’s oldest digital-only news site. Its founding editor, David Beers, will explain the vital role public interest journalism plays in democracy at the moment, why it’s endangered, and how his team is meeting the challenge.

David Beers founded the award-winning digital news site The Tyee in 2003. Previously, he was a senior editor at the San Francisco Examiner, Mother Jones Magazine and the Vancouver Sun and a prize winning journalist published in Harper’s, National Geographic, The New York Times, The Globe and Mail and many other places. He served as an adjunct professor in UBC’s Graduate School of Journalism for 18 years.