Eric Eyre


Eric Eyre is an American journalist and investigative reporter, best known for winning the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting for exposing the opioid crisis in West Virginia. He was a statehouse reporter for the Charleston Gazette-Mail. He resigned his position in April 2020.. He is also the author of the book, Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight Against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic.

Career

Eyre graduated from Loyola University of New Orleans. He earned his master's degree in Mass Communication at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. During his time at the university, Eyre worked as an intern at the St. Petersburg Times. Eyre has reported for The Anniston Star of Alabama, the Daily Times-Advocate of California, and the Pottstown Mercury of Pennsylvania.
In 1998 Eyre began covering education, health, and business at the Charleston Gazette, now the Charleston Gazette-Mail. The Gazette-Mail is a daily morning newspaper in Charleston, West Virginia with a daily print circulation of around 37,000. Eyre is still with the Gazette-Mail, where he balances his work as a full-time statehouse reporter and his pursuit of investigative projects spotlighting issues in the rural communities of West Virginia.

Awards and recognition

Eyre's work has received national recognition on several occasions. He has been the recipient of the following:
Much of Eyre's work has been published through the Charleston Gazette-Mail. Some of his most notable published works include: