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.
[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.
He earned his master's degree in Mass Communication at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
Eyre has reported for The Anniston Star of Alabama, the Daily Times-Advocate of California, and the Pottstown Mercury of Pennsylvania.
[2][4][5] He also formerly worked at Mountain State Spotlight, where he was a co-founder and senior investigative reporter.