Jonathan Goldsbie is a Canadian journalist, and currently the news editor for

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. He has previously worked as a performance artist and as columnist at ''

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'', '' NOW Newspaper'' and ''

Torontoist ''Daily Hive'', formerly known as ''Vancity Buzz'', is a Canadian online newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It began digital publishing in 2008 and became Western Canada's largest online-only publication by 2016. In September 202 ...

.'' He won a National Magazine Award in 2021.

Career

Goldsbie was previously a member of Toronto’s Public Space Committee, and has worked as a columnist for ''

'', '' NOW Newspaper'' and ''

''. At ''Now Newspaper'', Goldsbie was the chair of

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union-led employee bargaining committee. He is well known for his Twitter account @goldsbie, where he Tweets about Toronto politics. In 2012, Goldsbie organized the performance art piece ''Route 501 Revisited'' as part the Free Fall theatre festival, in which he rented a street car and invited anyone to take Toronto's 501 Streetcar Route, in silence, but with Twitter conversation. In 2022, Goldsbie discovered and Tweeted about 2015 to 2021 homophobic social media posts by newly appointed

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Rosemarie Bryan, resulting in her resignation the same day. Goldsbie is the news editor of Canadaland and was part of a team that received an honourable mention, after being a finalist at the Digital Publishing Award for their coverage of the

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in 2021. He received a Bucham Grove Press award for his ''Wag The Doug'' podcast work. In 2021, he was part of the team that won gold at the

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as the producer of ''

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'' podcast about ''

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'' editor

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's cocaine smuggling.

Personal life

Goldsbie is noted for his love of theatre.

References

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