Those sources and his knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry all came together for his winning work, but it took about three years of regular reporting. Want more coverage of local journalism? Subscribe to Local Edition.Įyre’s work is underpinned by the basics of reporting - he’s built relationships with his sources over time and tries to become an expert on specific subjects while filing daily stories. (His colleagues in the newsroom of about 40 write more and cover those night cops shifts weekly, he noted.) He estimates he writes more than 250 stories per year and still covers a monthly night cops shift. Despite the awards his work has won, Eyre isn’t a projects reporter and can’t take months off his beat for enterprise work. He figured he’d stick around for a year or two.īut he stayed. When Eyre first came to the Gazette, it was a paper full of seasoned investigative reporters. The Daily Mail won its only Pulitzer Prize, for editorial writing, in 1975. The Charleston Gazette, where he’s worked for 18 years, merged with the Charleston Daily Mail in 2015. (WV News) There was a time, not so very long ago, when it might have surprised you to learn that Sam James had been named the offensive player of the year in West Virginia's.
Eyre is technically the Gazette-Mail’s first Pulitzer winner.
