Brett Popplewell Wins Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism
Assistant Journalism Professor Brett Popplewell has won the inaugural Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism for the most outstanding article published in The Walrus magazine in 2017. The prize is worth $10,000.
“I’m both humbled and honoured to receive this award,” said Popplewell. “It it is a privilege to work on stories of this depth and to be published alongside so many other journalists whom I admire. I am thankful to The Walrus and to the Slaight Family Foundation for continuing to support long-form journalism.”
Read the full story on the Faculty of Public Affairs site.
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