Well-known reporters, editors, columnists and cartoonists included: •
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 - previously a war correspondent and reporter with the
Toronto Daily Star, was a humour columnist at the
Telegram •
Gordon Donaldson - 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 - freelance columnist while initially an NDP Member of Parliament, later joined the
Toronto Sun •
John Fraser - later a columnist for the
Toronto Sun,
Globe and Mail,
Toronto Star and
National Post, editor of
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 - 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 - 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, and as a columnist for
Toronto Sun •
C.H.J. Snider - feature writer, later managing editor, known for his column "Schooner Days" •
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 and
Rolling Stone •
Scott Young - sports reporter and father of singer
Neil Young, later
Globe and Mail •
Lubor J. Zink - later a
Toronto Sun columnist ==See also==