WASHINGTON 鈥� They say these are hard times for reporters, but you鈥檇 think Pulitzer Prize winners were immune.
Rob Kuznia was one of three reporters at the Daily Breeze, in Torrance, California, who for local reporting on Monday 鈥渇or their inquiry into widespread corruption in a small, cash-strapped school district, including impressive use of the paper鈥檚 website.鈥�
But Kuznia isn鈥檛 at the Breeze anymore. He鈥檚 , at the University of Southern California. He told that 鈥渋t was too difficult to make ends meet on his newspaper salary while renting in the LA area.鈥�
He told USC that he was surprised to win 鈥� the competition included reporters from the Chicago Tribune and Tulsa World, and the Breeze only has 63,000 subscribers. But he called the prize 鈥渁 reminder to me that community journalism matters. A fourth estate is a really important part of our society.鈥�
Still, even though he says he鈥檚 happy to be on the other side of journalism 鈥� 鈥済oing from batter to pitcher鈥� is how he described it to USC 鈥� LA Observed says 鈥渉e admitted to a twinge of regret at no longer being a journalist.鈥�
Read the 聽for which聽Kuznia, Rebecca Kimitch and Frank Suraci won the Pulitzer.
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