Our Team

The feisty fish has been The Tyee’s mascot since we launched in 2003. Tyee is a Nuu-chah-nulth word that means ... view full bio

Jeanette joined the organization in 2014 and manages all revenue-generating and operations activities, including growing the Tyee Builders program ... view full bio

David Beers is the founding editor of The Tyee. He started the publication in 2003 as an experiment in new ways of doing online journalism ... view full bio

Carla joined the organization in 2025 and manages all finance, operations and HR activities. She has worked in nonprofit management and ... view full bio

andrea bennett is a National Magazine Award-winning writer. With David Beers, they are the co-editor of The Tyee’s essay anthology ... view full bio

Paul has been a newspaper publisher in four provinces, including at the Advocate in Red Deer, two daily newspapers in Saint John, the Peterborough ... view full bio

Jackie works with the editorial leadership team to shape editorial strategy and support the work of staff writers, journalism fellows ... view full bio

Tyler writes stories on a variety of topics and edits pieces by other journalists. He helped start the Fraser Valley Current and ran the outlet for ... view full bio

Jen has covered a variety of topics, including housing, the overdose crisis, civic issues, politics and justice. In 2023, she won a Canadian ... view full bio

After joining as editorial assistant in 2019, Olamide became founding editor of The Tyee’s federal election newsletter The Run, which won a ... view full bio

Sarah works on audience development, social media strategy, newsroom diversity and reports on media, technology and culture ... view full bio

Harrison is an award-winning author and journalist from Abbotsford, B.C., who recently won the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for his debut ... view full bio

Jacob is in charge of the regular daily and weekly newsletters, and works with the editorial team on special feature projects like the subscriber-only ... view full bio

Meg has worked in newspaper, magazine and book publishing and was previously an editor at the Tico Times in Costa Rica. She loves style guides ... view full bio

Dorothy has worked in many different cultural disciplines, including producing contemporary dance and new music concerts, running a small press ... view full bio

Since joining full time in 2007, Andrew's work has been referred to in the B.C. legislature, Canadian House of Commons and the Senate ... view full bio

Currently on leave. Born and raised in Ontario, Amanda began her journalism career more than 20 years ago at community newspapers in Alberta ... view full bio

Katie is interested in the social justice aspects of education, and how youth adapt and respond to our rapidly changing world. Their work has appeared ... view full bio

Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. She also writes about biodiversity and environmental issues. Her reporting won her the 2022 Digital Publishing Awards ... view full bio

Isaac previously was a reporter/editor at CBC News in Vancouver, where he covered local news for web and broadcast. Before that, he reported and produced ... view full bio

Sarah is The Tyee's biodiversity reporter. She is a journalist and author whose investigative reporting on the Site C dam won a World Press Freedom Award and ... view full bio

Josh is a Vancouver-based freelance journalist who has written for the New York Times, the Globe and Mail and Complex. He was the inaugural Hummingbird fellow ... view full bio

Ben is a reporter at The Tyee covering forestry and related issues ... view full bio

Bryan was the recipient of the 2021 Webster award for excellence in technology reporting. You can follow Bryan on X at @bpcarney ... view full bio

Kimberly Sayson is the operations manager at The Tyee ... view full bio

Shubhalaxmi Patil is the project manager of the audience development team, where she tracks and implements new digital marketing strategies for audience growth ... view full bio

Marianne Bos is finance manager at The Tyee ... view full bio

Steve writes the Please Advise! column and other effluvia as required. He is a former CBC host and author of the 2011 book Who Killed Mom? ... view full bio

Crawford has published 22 books, both fiction and non-fiction, and has written hundreds of articles. He taught at Vancouver City College in 1967-68 and was ... view full bio

Andrew has been writing about epidemics, globalization and the oil and gas industry for nearly 20 years and cares deeply about accuracy, government accountability and ... view full bio

Ian is an author, journalist, bookseller and non-profit leader who has been at the forefront of conservation economics ... view full bio

Michael is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Author of Party of One, the bestselling exposé of the Harper government, his investigations have sparked ... view full bio

Zoë is a freelance journalist and a regular contributor to The Tyee. She writes about energy politics, climate and forests ... view full bio

Ximena is a freelance journalist based in Calgary. A background in architecture and environmental design guide her reporting ... view full bio

Over Charles' more than four-decade career, the Saskatchewan-born, Edmonton-based investigative journalist has ... view full bio

Adam Olsen (SȾHENEP) was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Saanich North and the Islands ... view full bio

Deblekha is the founding executive director of the Access to Media Education Society, a grassroots non-profit that supports ... view full bio

Michelle directs the Hey Neighbour Collective project at the SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, a multi-stakeholder collaborative ... view full bio

Peter is the founder of the Global Reporting Centre, a UBC-based non-profit focused on producing and innovating journalism on underreported ... view full bio

Melody 馬勻雅 is a tech startup founder, civic advocate and writer. She is the co-founder of Podyssey Podcasts, an online community of podcast lovers ... view full bio

Chris practices law at Miller Titerle + Company in Vancouver. He advises First Nations and their economic development entities in a variety of areas ... view full bio

Jody is Manager of Art Collection & Experience at Naut’sa mawt Event Management, leading the development of visual storytelling, artist commissions and ... view full bio

Abeer currently works as a social planner, and comes from a background of journalism, community development, communications and philanthropy spanning ... view full bio