Eric Douglas
Eric is a native of Kanawha County and graduated from Marshall University with a degree in Journalism. He has written for newspapers and magazines throughout his career. After completing the certificate program with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, he began producing documentaries includingRussia: Coming of Age,For Cheap LobsterandWest Virginia Voices of War.
Working with FestivALL in Charleston, he has recorded more than 100 oral histories and produced a multimedia documentary of those stories calledMemories of the Valley.
He is also an avid scuba diver and a former dive instructor. He has written a series of thriller novels set in locations around the world. For a change of pace, he prints his underwater photographs using the antique technique called cyanotype, also known as sun prints.
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Conor Knighton is an Emmy Award-winning CBS Sunday Morning Correspondent. He's also a Charleston, West Virginia native who spent a year on the road visiting every national park in the country. -
In celebration of its 150th anniversary, the city of Huntington has created a Literary Laureate. The first person to hold the position is Daniel O’Malley. -
“Pop: An Illustrated Novel” is a new book by author Robert Gipe, set in a fictional central Appalachian county during the runup to the 2016 elections with parts of the plotline connected to the 2014 West Virginia Water Crisis. -
“Pop: An Illustrated Novel” is a new book by author Robert Gipe, set in a fictional central Appalachian county during the runup to the 2016 elections with parts of the plotline connected to the 2014 West Virginia Water Crisis.
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From the recent ice and snow storms, to the flooding rains followed by sunny 70 degree days, the state has seen some wild weather swings recently. Eric Douglas spoke with Law to find out why we’re seeing such extreme changes in weather. -
Marshall University shut down all fraternity and sorority activities after reports of COVID-19 violations, according to a press release from the university. -
Marshall University shut down all fraternity and sorority activities after reports of COVID-19 violations, according to a press release from the university.
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The first African American woman licensed as a racehorse trainer in the United States learned her trade in West Virginia at the Charles Town Racetrack. -
Nashville, Tennessee-based photographer Jay Farrell has published a series of 12 photobooks of abandoned and forgotten places. His most recent book is called Abandoned Eastern Kentucky. -
In a fictional story based in eastern Tennessee, author Charles Dodd White explores this issue in his new novel “How Fire Runs” which looks at what happens when a group of white supremacists come to town.
