David Beers
David Beers is a Canadian journalist and founder of the news website, The Tyee. He previously served as managing editor of the San Francisco Examiner, senior editor at Mother Jones magazine,[1] and features editor at the Vancouver Sun.[2] He is a faculty member in the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of British Columbia.[3]
Early life
[edit]Beers was born in 1957 and grew up in San Jose, California, where his father worked for Lockheed as a satellite test engineer.[4] He attended Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California.
Journalism career
[edit]Beers’s work has been published in magazines including the Los Angeles Times Magazine[5] and Harper's.[6] In 1994, "We’re No Angels" was a finalist for the Canadian National Magazine Award.[7] He served as managing editor of the San Francisco Examiner, senior editor at Mother Jones magazine,[1] and features editor at the Vancouver Sun.[2]
In October 2001, Beers wrote a Vancouver Sun editorial about freedom of speech in which he defended sociologist Sunera Thobani.[8] A week later, the Vancouver Sun's publisher, CanWest, fired Beers citing "budgetary restraints".[9] Beers regarded CanWest's decision, which coincided with other firings of senior CanWest journalists, as political.[9][10]
In 2003, Beers started an online publication in Vancouver, British Columbia called The Tyee.[11] Funded in large part by non-profit groups, the British Columbia Federation of Labour and an advertising agency called Quest Advertising, the Tyee's goal is to publish news and opinion not adequately covered by the mainstream news media.[12]
His book, Blue Sky Dream: A Memoir of America's Fall from Grace, is based on his essay, "The Crash of Blue Sky California", which won the American National Magazine Awards when it appeared in Harper's.[13]
Works
[edit]- "The Public Sphere and Online, Independent Journalism", CSSE
- "It's all good: The appeal of Deepak Chopra", Salon, May 10, 2001
- Blue Sky Dream: A Memoir of America's Fall from Grace (1996)
- Liberalized: The Tyee Report on British Columbia Under Gordon Campbell's Liberals (2005)
- Points of Interest: In Search of the Places, People, and Stories of B.C (2024)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "David Beers". UBC School of Journalism, Writing, and Media. December 19, 2007. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ a b Wright, Mason. "Yippee Tyee". This Magazine. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "David Beers | UBC Graduate School of Journalism". www.journalism.ubc.ca. Archived from the original on 2008-01-19.
- ^ Anderson, Kent. "A Review Of David Beers' 'Blue Sky Dream: A Memoir of America's Fall from Grace.'". www.tucsonweekly.com. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. 9 February 1992.
- ^ "The crash of blue sky California: The aerospace industry is dying, and with it a way of life, By David Beers (Harper's Magazine)". Archived from the original on 2008-10-06.
- ^ "Eighteenth Annual National Magazine Award Winners".
- ^ Beers, D. (2001, Oct 06). The new McCarthyism: Calls for the head of Hedy Fry in the Sunera Thobani affair raise memories of the bad old days: [final edition]. The Vancouver Sun Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/new-mccarthyism-calls-head-hedy-fry-sunera/docview/242568598/se-2
- ^ a b Gill, A. (2003, Dec 06). Against opinion's tide. The Globe and Mail Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/against-opinions-tide/docview/383942041/se-2
- ^ Wright, Mason. "Yippee Tyee". This Magazine. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ "David Beers". 5 August 2016.
- ^ "No revenue model for news? Labor steps up". 10 November 2009.
- ^ "David Beers | Penguin Random House Canada". www.penguinrandomhouse.ca. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
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