Jordan Himelfarb appointed to new Toronto Star opinion editor role and will oversee editorial board

The Toronto Star has appointed Jordan Himelfarb to a new role of opinion editor, and he will oversee the Star’s editorial board.

Himelfarb will also be in charge of “op-eds” — the opinion pieces so-named because they appear opposite the editorial page in print — and begins with a mandate to “expand and refine our commentary coverage, elevate the discourse and bring in interesting new voices — all with a focus on growing” the digital audience, Toronto Star publisher Jordan Bitove said Friday in a note to staff.