Journalist - Arts and Culture

The Toronto Star is 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. Our vision for success is driven by a 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 be a champion of those priorities while keeping the customer at the heart of all of the creative work that s/he will be doing.

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The Toronto Star is hiring an experienced, authoritative, and energetic journalist to join our newsroom as an Arts & Culture Reporter with a dedicated focus on owning the arts beat of Toronto. This role falls within the Journalist classification in the Star’s Editorial Department.

The ideal candidate is an experienced reporter with the drive and contacts to authoritatively cover the city's major arts stories, including its institutions and power players. This includes confidently handling sensitive and complex issues within the arts community, while also providing comprehensive coverage of large-scale cultural events. This role requires the ability to identify and report on the biggest stories in the city's arts landscape and to also produce shorter, high-impact written pieces and multimedia that resonate with our audience.

Journalists can be re-assigned to any newsroom department across a variety of assignments and locations, depending on future business needs.

• Proven professional experience as a news reporter, with at least some experience with arts and culture.
• Excellent news judgment and the ability to find, pursue, and break major stories.
• Advanced writing skills with a clean style and verve, capable of creating engaging, daily content.
• Experience with alternative story forms like short-form video, listicles, interactive graphics and podcasts.
• A self-starter who is flexible, able to generate quality story ideas, and capable of simultaneously managing multiple projects.
• Relentlessly high standards; detail-oriented and deadline-driven with the ability to produce succinct, clear, and accurate copy.
• Strong interviewing and newsgathering skills and instincts, with the ability to develop and maintain a wide network of contacts and sources.
• Familiarity with access to information procedures and databases.
• Well-versed in CP style.

Salary: $60,547.97 - $95,740.19 

Please submit your application (resume, cover letter and three links to published work) by September 26, 2025 at 5 p.m.

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. This position will be located in Toronto. 

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Torstar Group of Companies is 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.