James Travers (1948 or 1949 – March 3, 2011)[1] was a Canadian journalist, best known as an editor and political correspondent for the Toronto Star.
[2] He joined the Toronto Star as an editor the following year, later returning to column writing as the paper's national affairs columnist.
[1] Following the announcement of his death, tributes were delivered in the House of Commons of Canada by several political figures, including Stephen Harper, Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae.
[2] Friends and colleagues of Jim Travers have established a fellowship fund to finance significant foreign reporting projects by Canadian journalists – staffers, freelancers or students – working in any medium.
The fund has been established to make an annual award of $25,000 to cover travel, reporting and research expenses and a stipend for a journalist.