Eric Eyre

Eric Eyre (born c. 1965) 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.^[1] 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. ^[2] The Gazette-Mail is a daily morning newspaper in Charleston, West Virginia with a daily print circulation of around 37,000.^[3] Eyre worked at the Gazette-Mail until 2020, where he balanced his work as a full-time statehouse reporter and his pursuit of investigative projects spotlighting issues in the rural communities of West Virginia.^[2]^[4]^[5]

He also formerly worked at Mountain State Spotlight, where he was a co-founder and senior investigative reporter. ^[6]

Awards and recognition

Eyre's work has received national recognition on several occasions. He has been the recipient of the following:

Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Medal
National Headliners Award
Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize in education reporting from the Education Writers Association
Society of American Business Editors and Writers award
2003 Gerald Loeb Award for Small Newspaper for "A License to Steal"^[7]
Association of Health Care Journalists award
Kaiser Family Foundation fellowship
Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting for “courageous reporting, performed in the face of powerful opposition, to expose the flood of opioids flowing into depressed West Virginia counties with the highest overdose death rates in the country”^[2]
2017 Gerald Loeb Award for Local business journalism for "Painkiller Profiteers"^[8]

Published works

Much of Eyre's work has been published through the Charleston Gazette-Mail. Some of his most notable published works include:

“Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic" (2020)
“Painkiller Profiteers” (2016)
“The Meth Menace” (2013)
“Wired for Waste” (2012)
“The Well Connected” (2012)
“Grants, Graft and Greed at Workforce West Virginia” (2009)
“State of Decay: West Virginia's Oral Health Crisis” (2007)
“Web of Deceit: The Fall of West Virginia House Education Committee Chairman Jerry Mezzatesta” (2004)
“Taken for a Ride” (2003)
“The Long Haul and Broken Promises” (2002)
“License to Steal” (2002)

References

^ "The Reporter Who Exposed the Opioid Crisis Has a New Book, but No Job". The New Yorker. 3 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Pulitzer.org". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
^ "A Pulitzer-Winning Journalist's Advice And Why He Does A Monthly Night Shift". NPR.
^ "WV MetroNews – Eric Eyre's Pulitzer Prize reporting brings drug problem into focus". wvmetronews.com. 13 April 2017.
^ Armstrong, Ken (3 April 2020). "The Reporter Who Exposed the Opioid Crisis Has a New Book, but No Job". The New Yorker.
^ "Our Team". mountainstatespotlight.org.
^ "2003 Loeb Awards". UCLA Anderson School of Management. July 1, 2003. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
^ "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2017 Gerald Loeb Award Winners". UCLA Anderson School of Management. June 27, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2019.

v t e Gerald Loeb Award winners for Local
(2015–2019)	2015: Mike Hendricks, Mará Rose Williams 2016: Steve Mistler, Whit Richardson 2017: Eric Eyre 2018: Hal Dardick, Jason Grotto, Sandhya Kambhampati 2019: Cary Aspinwall, Holly K. Hacker, Allan James Vestal
(2020–2022)	2020: Doris Burke, Deborah Douglas, Maya Miller, Beena Raghavendran, Wendi C. Thomas 2021: Shana Daloria, Aaron Mendelson, Priska Neely, Rina Palta, Chava Sanchez 2022: Angela Couloumbis, Joseph DiStefano, Craig McCoy 2023: Adam Elmahrek, Kiera Feldman, Marisa Gerber, Robert J. Lopez, Paige St. John, Brian van der Brug, Ruben Vives

Gerald Loeb Award winners for Small and Medium Newspapers

Gerald Loeb Award for Small Newspapers (1974–1983, 1985–2008)
(1974–1979)	1974: Livingston Taylor 1975: Tom Miller 1976: David R. Francis 1977 (tie): Sally Jones, Rosemary Shinohara 1977 (tie): Larry Kramer 1978: Harold Chucker 1979: Philip Moeller
(1980–1989)	1980: Joe R. Cordero, Tim W. Ferguson 1981: Gary M. Hector 1982: Phil Norman 1982 (HM) Staff of the Sentinel Star 1982 (HM): Scott Abrahams, Alex Beasley, Sharon Carrasco, Jim Clark, Keay Davidson, John C. Van Gieson, Anne Groer, Noel Holston, Charlie Jean, Dean Johnson, Robert Johnson, Larry Lipman, Susan Taylor Martin, Jim Nesbitt, Jim Runnels, Thomas Sabulis, Wendy Spirduso 1983: Phillip L. Zweig 1984: no award 1985: Beth McLeo, Lawrence Spohn, Stan Swofford, Greta Tilley 1986: Mark L. Zusman 1986 (HM): Jan Brogan 1987: Brent Walth 1988: Paul Farhi 1988 (HM): Julie Bird 1989: Howard Gold
(1990–1999)	1990: Gary Belsky, Phyllis Furman 1991: Phyllis Furman, Linda Moss 1992: M. Rex Smith, Emory Thomas Jr. 1993: Michael Hinkelman, Emory Thomas Jr. 1994: Lance Williams 1995: Jim Lynch, Karen Dorn Steele 1996: Kim Fararo 1997: Lynda V. Mapes 1998: Amy Baldwin, Amy Hetzner 1999: Bill Heisel Jr., Jennifer Hieger
(2000–2008)	2000: Harris Meyer 2001: Bruce Rushton 2002: Janet Patton 2003: Eric Eyre, Scott Finn 2004: Kate Long 2005: Craig Troianello 2006: Christina Gostomski 2007: Michelle Breidenbach, Mike McAndrew 2008: Tony Bartelme

Gerald Loeb Award for Medium Newspapers (1987–2008)
(1987–1989)	1987: Edward O. Welles 1988: David Sylvester 1989: S. Lynne Walker
(1990–1999)	1990: Andy Hall, Jerry Kammer 1991: Bill Dalton, Mike Hendricks, Chris Lester 1992: John Fauber, Jack Norman 1993: Pete Carey, Lewis M. Simons 1994: Larry Keller, Fred Schulte 1995: Susan Finch, Mike Hughlett, Peter Nicholas, James O'Byrne, Mark Schleifstein 1996: Bruce Locklin, Michael Moore, Debra Lynn Vial 1997: Liz Pulliam, Elliot Blair Smith, Cathy Taylor 1998: Larry Arnold, William Conroy, Rick Linsk, Nancy Shields, Terri Somers, John T. Ward 1999: Jenni Bergal, Fred Schulte
(2000–2008)	2000: Janet L. Fix, Jeffrey Taylor, Alison Young 2001: Ramsey Campbell, Sean Holton, Jim Leusner, Robert Sargent 2002: Pamela Coyle, Ronette King, Jeffrey Meitrodt, Mark Schleifstein 2003: Jeff Harrington, Deborah O'Neil 2004: Fred Schulte 2005: Jeff Plungis, Bill Vlasic 2006: Joshua Boak, Jim Drew, Steve Eder, Christopher Kirkpatrick, Mike Wilkinson 2006 (HM): David Heath, Luke Timmerman 2007: Gady A. Epstein, Stephanie Desmon, Chiaki Kawajiri 2008: Binyamin Appelbaum, Liz Chandler, Ted Mellnik, Lisa Hammersly Munn, Peter St. Onge

Gerald Loeb Award for Medium & Small Newspapers (2009–2012)
(2009)	2009: Rob Barry, Jack Dolan, Matthew Haggman 2009 (HM): Ames Alexander, Kerry Hall, Ted Mellnik, Peter St. Onge, Franco Ordoñez
(2010–2012)	2010: Rob Barry, Lucy Komisar, Michael Sallah 2011 (tie): Glenn Howatt, Chris Serres 2011 (tie): Michael J. Berens 2012: Rick Barrett, John Diedrich, Scott Kraus, Ben Poston, Raquel Rutledge, Mike de Sisti, Spencer Soper

Small & Medium Newspapers (2013–2014)
(2013–2014)	2013 (tie): Ames Alexander, Karen Garloch, Joseph Neff, David Raynor 2013 (tie): Mandy Locke, David Raynor 2014: John Fauber, Ellen Gabler, Mark Johnson, Allan James Vestal, Kristyna Wentz-Graff

v t e Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, No Edition Time from 1953–1963 and the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting from 1964–1984
1953–1975	Edward J. Mowery (1953) Alvin McCoy (1954) Roland Kenneth Towery (1955) Arthur Daley (1956) Wallace Turner (1957) George Beveridge (1958) John Harold Brislin (1959) Miriam Ottenberg (1960) Edgar May (1961) George Bliss (1962) Oscar Griffin Jr. (1963) James V. Magee, Albert V. Gaudiosi & Frederick Meyer (1964) Gene Goltz (1965) John Anthony Frasca (1966) Gene Miller (1967) J. Anthony Lukas (1968) Al Delugach & Denny Walsh (1969) Harold E. Martin (1970) William Jones (1971) Timothy Leland, Gerard M. O'Neill, Stephen Kurkjian & Ann Desantis (1972) The Sun Newspapers of Omaha (1973) William Sherman (1974) The Indianapolis Star (1975)
1976–2000	Chicago Tribune (1976) Acel Moore & Wendell Rawls Jr. (1977) Anthony R. Dolan (1978) Gilbert M. Gaul & Elliot G. Jaspin (1979) Stephen Kurkjian, Alexander B. Hawes Jr., Nils Bruzelius, Joan Vennochi & Robert M. Porterfield (1980) Clark Hallas & Robert B. Lowe (1981) Paul Henderson (1982) Loretta Tofani (1983) Kenneth Cooper, Joan Fitz Gerald, Jonathan Kaufman, Norman Lockman, Gary McMillan, Kirk Scharfenberg & David Wessel (1984) Lucy Morgan, Jack Reed & William K. Marimow (1985) Jeffrey A. Marx & Michael M. York (1986) Daniel R. Biddle, H.G. Bissinger, Fredric N. Tulsky & John Woestendiek (1987) Dean Baquet, William C. Gaines & Ann Marie Lipinski (19) Bill Dedman (1989) Lou Kilzer (1990) Joseph T. Hallinan & Susan M. Headden (1991) Lorraine Adams & Dan Malone (1992) Jeff Brazil & Steve Berry (1993) Providence Journal-Bulletin (1994) Stephanie Saul & Brian Donovan (1995) The Orange County Register (1996) Eric Nalder, Deborah Nelson & Alex Tizon (1997) Gary Cohn & Will Englund (1998) Miami Herald (1999) Sang-Hun Choe, Charles J. Hanley & Martha Mendoza (2000)
2001–2025	David Willman (2001) Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham & Sarah Cohen (2002) Clifford J. Levy (2003) Michael D. Sallah, Joe Mahr & Mitch Weiss (2004) Nigel Jaquiss (2005) Susan Schmidt, James V. Grimaldi & R. Jeffrey Smith (2006) Brett Blackledge (2007) Walt Bogdanich, Jake Hooker & Chicago Tribune (2008) David Barstow (2009) Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman & Sheri Fink (2010) Paige St. John (2011) Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan, Chris Hawley, Michael J. Berens & Ken Armstrong (2012) David Barstow & Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab (2013) Chris Hamby (2014) Eric Lipton & The Wall Street Journal (2015) Leonora LaPeter Anton, Anthony Cormier, Michael Braga & Esther Htusan (2016) Eric Eyre (2017) The Washington Post (2018) Matt Hamilton, Harriet Ryan & Paul Pringle (2019) Brian Rosenthal (2020) Matt Rocheleau, Vernal Coleman, Laura Crimaldi, Evan Allen & Brendan McCarthy (2021) Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington & Eli Murray (2022) Staff of The Wall Street Journal (2023)

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