In 2007, "The Tyee" was recognized nationally with an Honourable Mention in the category of Excellence in Journalism for Small, Medium, or Local Media. The category includes all Canadian online journalism with fewer than 500,000 unique visitors a month. In 2009, the magazine "BCBusiness" also placed "The Tyee" as ninth of their list of the province's ten most innovative companies. "The Tyee" was awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award by the Radio and Television News Directors Association in 2009 and 2011. It was the only Canadian news organization to be honoured for the national (North America-wide) category in 2011. The Tyee has won the Canadian Journalism Foundation Excellence in Journalism Award twice, in 2009 and 2011. In 2015, "The New Yorker" magazine called The Tyee "a fascinating case study" of how local journalism is funded.