Monday, April 20th, 2009...1:59 pm
Pyrrhic Victory
Congratulations to Ryan Gabrielson and Paul Giblin on winning the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting. Their work on a series on Joe Arpaio for the East Valley Tribune was cited by the Pulitzer committee.
Here is Tribune publisher Julie Moreno:
It’s just an incredible testament to the work that was done on that story and it’s nice to see our journalism being recognized in such a prestigious way. It does speak to the commitment we have to serving the readers in our community with quality journalism.
Nice sentiment. But, it has to be remembered that the Tribune was so proud of the work that Giblin was doing that both he and the editor that shepherded the story, Patti Epler, were laid off several months ago and no longer work for the paper. They both later founded the online publication, Arizona Guardian.
3 Comments
April 20th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
When I was running for Congress in 2004, Paul interviewed me and did an excellent job. I congratulate him on his winning such a prestigious award and am not surprised.
April 20th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
What? Not even a hyperlink for their new source of employment?
http://www.arizonaguardian.com/
April 21st, 2009 at 9:27 pm
I liked the Guardian during the free period. Too bad they are not as good at creating a viable businees as they are at reporting. Isn’t the world full of unemployed salespeople who could help them? If they only cost as much as the Republic I would subscribe in a heartbeat.