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==Notable staff members== Well-known reporters, editors, columnists and cartoonists included: {{div col}} *[[George Bain (journalist)|George Bain]] - later joined the ''Globe and Mail'' and ''Toronto Star'' *[[Isabel Bassett]] - also a reporter at [[CFTO]] and wife of publisher [[John W. H. Bassett]], later a provincial cabinet minister under Mike Harris *[[Jock Carroll]] - later an author and book editor *[[Greg Clark (journalist)|Greg Clark]] - previously a war correspondent and reporter with the ''Toronto Daily Star'', was a humour columnist at the ''Telegram'' *[[Gordon Donaldson (journalist)|Gordon Donaldson]]<ref>"Toronto reporter and writer Gordon Donaldson dies at 74," ''Expositor'', Brantford, Ontario: June 12, 2001, pg. A.24.</ref> - reporter, later an author, television journalist and producer at CBC and CTV *[[Andy Donato]] - art director and cartoonist who was a key player in founding the ''Toronto Sun'' *[[John Downing]] - later editor-in-chief of the ''Toronto Sun'' *[[Frank Drea]] award-winning labour reporter, later a provincial cabinet minister under Bill Davis *[[Aaron Einfrank]] - award-winning journalist, United Nations Bureau Chief; Moscow Bureau Chief; Washington D.C. News Bureau Chief *[[Lillian Foster]] - fashion editor and columnist *[[Doug Fisher (politician)|Doug Fisher]] - freelance columnist while initially an NDP Member of Parliament, later joined the ''Toronto Sun'' *[[John Fraser (journalist)|John Fraser]] - later a columnist for the ''Toronto Sun'', ''Globe and Mail'', ''Toronto Star'' and ''National Post'', editor of ''[[Saturday Night (magazine)|Saturday Night]]'', Master of [[Massey College]] *[[Trent Frayne]] - later a sports columnist for the ''Toronto Sun'', ''Globe and Mail'' and ''Maclean's Magazine'' *[[Clyde Gilmour]] - CBC Radio broadcaster and later ''Toronto Star'' movie reviewer *[[Dale Goldhawk]] - later a broadcaster at CBC, CTV and Rogers *[[George Gross (journalist)|George Gross]] - later ''Toronto Sun'' sports editor *[[Ron Haggart]] - crime correspondent who played a key in ending the [[1971 Kingston Penitentiary riot]]. *[[Fraser Kelly]] - political editor, later news anchor at CFTO and CBLT *[[Robert Kirkland Kernighan]] - columnist and poet *[[Bob MacDonald (journalist)|Bob MacDonald]] - later a ''Toronto Sun'' columnist *[[J. Douglas MacFarlane]] - vice-president and editor-in-chief, 50 years in the newspaper business, 1949 to 1969 at the ''Telegram'', from city editor, advancing to top editorial position *[[C.A. (Arnie) Patterson]] Later founder of [[CFDR]] and [[CFRQ]] radio, Dartmouth NS and Press Secretary to [[Pierre Elliott Trudeau]] *[[H.W. (Pat) Patterson]] - North American politics editor *[[Earl Pomerantz]] - later a U.S. television sitcom writer-producer * Gary Ralph - covered many front-page stories including The October Crisis and Woodstock in the five years leading to the Tely's last edition. Award winner for his police reporting. *[[Jessie M. Read]] - Food Economist (Joined 1934) ''Three Meals A Day'' and First Cooking School Film in Canada ''Kitchen Talks'' and Radio Cooking School CKCL Toronto *[[Ted Reeve]] - later at ''Toronto Sun'' *[[Paul Rimstead]] - later at ''Toronto Sun'' *[[Judith Robinson]] - contributed a daily column from 1953 to 1961. *[[Margaret Scrivener]] - later a provincial cabinet minister under [[Bill Davis]] *[[Merle Shain]] - feature writer, later associate editor of the ''[[Chatelaine (magazine)|Chatelaine]]'', and as a columnist for ''Toronto Sun'' *[[Walter Stewart (journalist)|Walter Stewart]] - later at ''Toronto Sun'' *[[Bert Wemp]] - reporter who became mayor of Toronto (1930) *[[Ben Wicks]] - cartoonist, later joined the ''Toronto Star'' *[[Peter Worthington]] - played a major role in starting the ''[[Toronto Sun]]'' and served, initially, as its editor *[[Ritchie Yorke]] - later music writer for ''The Globe and Mail'', Canadian editor of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine and ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' *[[Scott Young (writer)|Scott Young]] - sports reporter and father of singer [[Neil Young]], later ''Globe and Mail' *[[Lubor J. Zink]] - later a ''Toronto Sun'' columnist {{end div col}}
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