Last night at the Gladstone Hotel, the best and brightest in online publishing gathered for the third annual Canadian Online Publishing Awards, organized by industry magazine Masthead. As a finalist in four categories, Torontoist was stoked to be there, and, when the night was over, we skipped home as gold winners for best news coverage, [...]

The 2011 Canadian Online Publishing Awards finalists were announced last week, and Torontoist is excited to be up for four of them. We’ve got nods in Best Overall Online-Only Publication, Best Blog, Best News Coverage, and Best Online-Only Article or Series. The nominations recognize everything from the funny to the serious: the pieces we submitted [...]

Last month, we proudly launched our redesign, which aimed to make Torontoist nicer to look at, more comfortable to read, and easier to navigate. Now, we’re excited to roll out our upgraded RSS feed and features that make the site more mobile friendly. What does it mean for you? If you’re used to Torontoist showing [...]

Redesigning a website is a tricky, delicate, neverending thing. There are aesthetic and functional and technological matters to wrestle with, few of which yield to ready answers. More difficult—perhaps most difficult—is that at some point you need to decide to let go: to call an end to the revisions and adjustments and additions, even though [...]

Let’s be honest: the old Torontoist has been looking a little creaky for a long time now. The pale blue design was based on a 2006 template created by former Torontoist parent Gothamist, with a few extras tacked on over the years. A site revamp has been near the top of our wish list for [...]

You already read us. You love Toronto. And you have a way with words. Clearly, you should join our staff. We are on the hunt for a few new key people: one or two copy editors, to keep our contributors' fine content in fine shape; and a Newsstand writer, to recap the news and make sure our readers start the day off right. Each is fun, each pays (modestly!), and each is a core position, essential to keeping us at our best. Interested? Keep reading.

Last week, we reached a milestone—over 30,000 followers on Twitter—and we’re celebrating with a list of 25 Torontonians whose tweets make our day.

The National Magazine Awards have, for the past two years, been recognizing the role of online-only publications in Canadian media. And for the second year in a row, we are so happy to announce, they like what we’re doing: Torontoist has been nominated for Magazine of the Year (Digital). The nomination is for the site [...]

You already read us. You love Toronto. And you love words. Clearly, you should join our staff. We’re on the hunt for a few new voices—insightful, witty, spirited—to expand the range of stories we tell about the city. Interested? Keep reading. What we’re looking for: a new Urban Planner, and expanded coverage in a few [...]