Mon Apr 20, 9:10 pm ET
PHOENIX – More than three months after he was laid off in a round of massive staff cuts, former East Valley Tribune reporter Paul Giblin learned Monday that he had helped his old newspaper snag a Pulitzer Prize.
Giblin and Tribune reporter Ryan Gabrielson earned the award in the local reporting category for their coverage of the Maricopa County sheriff’s immigration enforcement operations.
While he is relishing the honor, Giblin admitted he wondered what it would have been like to find out he won from within the Tribune’s Mesa, Ariz., newsroom.
“It is kind of sad,” he said. “I wish I was still at the Tribune. I’d have a party with them right now.”
Giblin visited the Tribune later Monday to celebrate with Gabrielson.
He said he holds all his former co-workers in high regard.
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