Five Toronto Star journalists took home silverware from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) awards on Thursday.
Star reporters Jake Edmiston and housing editor Amber Shortt were awarded gold in their respective categories, while deputy editor Kenyon Wallace, reporter Ana Pereira and digital designer McKenna Hart won silver at the awards ceremony highlighting the outstanding business reporting across the country in 2025.
“The strength and diversity of the stories honoured at Canada’s top business journalism awards reflects the passion and talent I’ve witnessed across the Star’s newsroom,” said Duncan Hood, senior editor of business and housing. “I’m particularly proud of our wins given the outstanding work produced by all of the members of the business journalism community.”
“Congratulations to the reporters and editors who were recognized,” he added.
Edmiston was up for two awards and won gold for his short-form feature about the last of the “old masters” at the Ontario Food Terminal. His story on newly hired Loblaw CEO Per Bank and his plan to win back customers’ trust at the country’s largest grocer received an honourable mention for the profile category.
Shortt’s housing newsletter “Living Here,” which offers an expansive look at the issues affecting real estate in Toronto and nearby cities, won gold for the best editorial newsletter, nudging out the Globe and Mail and Bloomberg News.
Wallace, the Star’s deputy business editor, was awarded silver for his rigorous coverage on the business of health care in a publicly funded system in the beat reporting category.
Some of Wallace’s reporting included a story on how the federal government opened the door to allowing health care practitioners other than doctors to be covered by provincial and territorial health plans, as well as another on how Canadian Blood Services’ partnership with a private company that pays for plasma puts the ethics and safety of our blood system at risk.
Pereira and Hart won silver for their multimedia piece on the price of Pride, combining strong writing and digital prowess to paint a picture of Toronto Pride’s rise from being a grassroots movement to its present-day challenges as anti-diversity sentiments threatened corporate funding.
Adam Radwanski, who recently joined the Toronto Star business team earlier this spring, won silver for his commentary work at the Globe and Mail.
