Updated: Robyn Doolittle leaves Toronto Star for Globe
Toronto Star reporter Robyn Doolittle, one of three journalists who has seen the infamous video of Rob Ford allegedly smoking crack cocaine, is joining The Globe and Mail.
Toronto Star City Hall reporter Robyn Doolittle is joining The Globe and Mail as an investigative reporter.
Doolittle is one of three journalists who has seen the infamous video of Mayor Rob Ford allegedly smoking crack cocaine and the author of Crazy Town, a book on Ford and his family.
Editor-in-chief David Walmsley said in a memo that Doolittle will join the Globe later this month.
“The celebrity that surrounds such success isn't Robyn,” Walmsley said. “Rather, she is a powerful force in journalism for the right reasons. She joins The Globe because she wants to work at the highest level on the biggest stage. She wants to always improve herself and break bigger stories. She is far more than one story. That appetite is a currency we all must deal in.”
Delighted to announce the journalist and author behind the Rob Ford story @robyndoolittle is joining The Globe as an investigative reporter
— David Walmsley (@WalmsleyGlobe) April 16, 2014
I started at the Toronto Star back in 2005 as a radio room reporter. I am so profoundly grateful and proud to have worked there.
— robyndoolittle (@robyndoolittle) April 16, 2014
Now I'm off to the Globe and Mail to join their investigative team. I'm so excited for the new challenges coming my way.
— robyndoolittle (@robyndoolittle) April 16, 2014
Related content on J-Source:
- Memo: Robyn Doolittle joins Globe and Mail
- Book Review: Crazy Town hastily written but a gripping read
- Live blog: Q&A with Robyn Doolittle
Tamara Baluja is an award-winning journalist with CBC Vancouver and the 2018 Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education. She was the associate editor for J-Source from 2013-2014.