Freedom paper to close

Arizona's East Valley Tribune, which just happened to have won a Pulitzer this year for local reporting, is being shut down by the OC-based media company, which itself is in the middle of bankruptcy proceedings. The paper had been up for sale, but Freedom's interim CEO Burl Osborne said there was nothing at a level we would remotely consider." The Tribune employs 140 people. From E&P:

In the spring the paper was a recipient of the 2009 Pulitzer for local reporting. The Pulitzer committee cited reporters Ryan Gabrielson and Paul Giblin for "their adroit use of limited resources to reveal in print and online, how a popular sheriff's focus on immigration enforcement endangered investigation of violent crime and other aspects of public safety."