David Staples

Newspaper Columnist @Edmonton Journal

Edmonton, AB, CA

Edmonton Journal writer since 1985; current City Hall columnist and hockey blogger, The Cult of Hockey; best-selling author of The Third Suspect and of Barb\'s Miracle; article on convicted businessman Bernie Ebbers published in Best Business Crime Writing of the Year 2002, edited by James Surowiecki; winner of two National Newspaper Awards (1992 and 2005, for coverage of Giant Mine and Mayerthorpe mass murders); with three National Newspaper Awards certificates of merit (Grant Fuhr cocaine scandal 1990, Katrina Effert infanticide case 2006), columns on educational issues in Alberta (2012); two National Magazine Awards (silver, 1997, story on Giant Mine and on Valery\'s Kharlamov\'s son Sasha); Blog of the Year finalist for Canadian On-Line Publishing Awards (2010). Sports Blog of the Year finalist for Editor & Publisher (2011 & 2013). Husband of one, father of five.

Carleton University

Bachelor of Journalism