Pequot Times writer wins awards at NAJA conference

TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2003

John Christian Hopkins, a staff writer for the Pequot Times, the newspaper of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, and a columnist for a Connecticut paper, received four awards at the 2003 Native American Journalists Association convention.

Hopkins, a member of the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island, received honorable mention for Best Sports Writing, second place for Best Column Writing in a Native Publication, first place for Best News Writing-Monthly and first place for Best Feature Writing-Monthly.

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Writer wins four awards for work at tribal paper (The Norwich Bulletin 7/8)

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Native American Journalists Association - http://www.naja.com