Good news, bad news
As I said earlier this afternoon on Facebook, congratulations are definitely in order for the East Valley Tribune and all the folks who were involved in producing a series that was awarded a Pulitzer prize for local-news reporting, two of whom were actually laid off by the Trib and are now running their own Capitol news Web site, The Arizona Guardian.
The Pulitzer announcement was another welcome reminder that good journalism goes on in the Valley and, as Tribune editor Chris Coppola wrote, was also a much-needed shot in the arm for the struggling Trib.
Sadly, though, today wasn't all good news. Later this afternoon, I caught word of some pieces of less-than-exciting news for a couple of my friends. In both cases, it sounds like a sucky situation for those folks. Maybe they can ask the Trib to share some of its mojo...