To understand the destruction the opioid epidemic caused , especially in Appalachia this is a great documentary Beth Macy Eric Eyre ❤️‍🩹

Thrilled to see Aneri's dogged accountability reporting on opioid settlement spending is getting the national recognition it deserves!

Yay, Ian! Keepin' the commonwealth honest.

You don’t need to have “investigative” in your title to join IRE.

Decades before he was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Eric Eyre was a daily reporter in rural Alabama. A colleague lent him this IRE book and helped jump start his career.

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I’m so grateful News from the States opened a newsroom here in WV — a place for us to report on legislation, state gov & more. + Caity, Lori Kersey, Leann Ray & I are all passionate about covering vulnerable people who are often overlooked. More news is a good thing.

Incredible tale of the search for the long lost remains of West Virginia native Lt. Jay Ross Manown Jr., a World War II pilot whose Avenger plane was shot down over the Pacific Ocean in 1944.

smithsonianmag.com/history/recove…

Yeah Neema! Your fantastic book about growing up in West Virginia is having a lasting impact.

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'The human cost and what’s happened in our region is not easily repaired.'

New story on the impact of the drug crisis in Appalachia via Chris McGreal

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/j…

One of the country’s finest investigative reporters is retiring today, and I'd like to tell you a bit about him.

Mike Berens has been a journalist for 43 years.

He started in 1981 as a copy boy — yes, a copy boy! — at the Columbus Dispatch.
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Very sad. We have lost one of the 'good' guys. Someone whose actions matched his words. Someone who talked the talk and walked the walk. He made WV a better place for generations to come. May his memory be a blessing. wvgazettemail.com/news/norm-stee…

Before nearly 100 random attacks in New York City, the mentally ill homeless people who committed them were failed by a system that keeps making the same errors, a New York Times investigation has found. nyti.ms/47gUnE2

Guys like Brian Simpkins.

This gives us hope.

A thoughtful, well-written piece by Caity that shows recovery from opioid addiction is possible.

The West Virginia board that's set to distribute $218 million in opioid lawsuit settlement monies goes into a private 'executive session' (public and reporters barred from attending) to discuss a proposed *transparency* policy.

Shout-out to journalists Caity West Virginia Watch…

'The family may be using the children as slaves'

More powerful reporting on West Virginia DHHR's failures to protect children -- via Amelia Knisely and the West Virginia Watch investigative firehose.

westvirginiawatch.com/2023/11/28/sta…

33-year-old West Virginia man with autism held at troubled state psych hospital for 414 days and counting...

'DHHR has actual evidence of abuse. What are they doing to fix it? They’ve not done a damn thing'
via West Virginia Watch Amelia Knisely

westvirginiawatch.com/2023/11/01/mot…

🧵I began reporting this story back in 2017. At the time, I'd heard rumors about a handful of teachers. I had no idea the abuse stretched back 40 years & involved dozens of educators.

This is the story of how so many from my childhood were hurt, as their community stood silent.

Happy Book Pub. Day to West Virginia native Dwight Garner, the legendary New York Times Books critic whose new memoir, THE UPSTAIRS DELICATESSEN, is garnering rave reviews!

'There's a place for those who did this to us
And it's hotter than the sun'

-- lyrics from 'The Medicine Will,' Brad Paisley's new single about West Virginia's opioid epidemic.

youtube.com/watch?v=CNHzXG…