Journalist - Business

Torstar; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media organization is seeking a sharp and ambitious Business Journalist to deliver urgent reporting on business issues in Toronto. The successful candidate will craft compelling stories covering economic trends, corporate decisions, and public finance while working in a collaborative newsroom environment. This role emphasizes the importance of audience engagement, analytics, and creativity in storytelling.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a journalist with a focus on business or financial news.
• Strong understanding of economic and corporate accountability.
• Experience in a fast-paced newsroom environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver urgent and engaging journalism on business issues.
• Report and write on breaking business news and trends.
• Collaborate with editors and visual journalists.

Skills

Journalism

Reporting

Digital storytelling

News judgment

Research

Collaboration

Job description

Company Description

Torstar Corporationis a progressive media organization with a long, proud history in newspapers and a passion for capitalizing on the fluid world of digital and mobile media. Torstar’s vision for success is driven bya deep customer-centric obsession, continued journalistic excellence, advanced data-driven competency and a culture that is selfless, focused, agile, collaborative and results driven.The successful candidate will bea champion of those priorities whilekeeping the customer at the heart of all the creative work that they will be doing.

Our Commitment to Diversity
We strive to be a leader in building and cultivating an employee community framed around fairness, support and opportunity. We believe thatwhat makes us different, makes a difference. And as a team, the diversity of our backgrounds, interests and experiences is what enriches our work, and our workplaces. We welcome all, and we strive for an inclusive culture that allows individual growth and shared success.

Job Description

TheToronto Staris seeking a sharp, curious, and ambitious reporter to join our newsroom as aBusiness Journalist.During this critical moment when economic, corporate and financial forces are reshaping the lives of Canadians, this reporter will be tasked with delivering urgent, revelatory and engaging journalism on business issues. Whether covering the dramatic spike in consumer prices, rapidly evolving changes in technology, labour trends or the decisions of powerful institutions, the successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to break news, expose trends, provide deep context, and tell human stories. You’ll be expected to report, write and deliver authoritative coverage of breaking business news and trends on deadline. You’ll also be encouraged to pitch and develop enterprise stories that unpack the forces behind the headlines, offering new insight and compelling angles. Collaboration is key — working with editors, visual journalists and digital producers to craft deeply reported, engaging and highly readable journalism. This role requires attention to analytics and audience data, a sharp news sense, and a drive to file clean copy quickly and clearly

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a journalist with a strong track record of reporting and writing, ideally with a focus on business or financial news
• Strong understanding of the economy, markets, corporate accountability, labour, personal finance, and public policy as they intersect with business
• A digitally fluent storyteller who’s comfortable filing breaking news, creating videos, writing in alternative story forms and building enterprise features
• Demonstrated ability to develop sources, land scoops, and ask tough questions
• Excellent news judgment and the ability to distill complex topics into clear, compelling stories
• Comfortable using access-to-information laws, financial documents, and public records to support reporting
• Experience working in a fast-paced newsroom environment with a collaborative, team-first mindset
• Familiarity with CP style and the ability to produce accurate, well-crafted copy under tight deadlines
• Commitment to accuracy, fairness and storytelling that serves the public interest

Salary:$60,547.97 -$95,740.19

Deadline for Submission: June 13, 2025 by 5pm.

This is a notice of vacancy under Article 8 of collective agreement between Toronto Star Newspapers Limited and Unifor Local 87M. The hours of work for this position will vary according to the assignment, but will all conform to a standard 35-hour work week as described under the collective agreement. These positions will be located Toronto.

Additional Information

AODA
We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process ensuring equal access to employment opportunities for candidates, including persons with disabilities. In compliance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and Ontario Human Rights Code we will endeavour to provide accommodation to persons with disabilities in the recruitment process upon request. If you are selected for an interview and you require accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please notify the hiring manager upon scheduling the interview of your requirements.