Eric Harrison has been a national reporter and national bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times and Philadelphia Inquirer, two of America’s most respected newspapers. For 12 years, he lived and worked in the South and Midwest, covering major stories including elections, crime, disasters and social and economic issues.
His journalism career in his home state of Texas. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, Eric joined the staff of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram where he covered crime, education and general assignments. Later, he covered Camden, N.J., for the Philadelphia Inquirer before being promoted to the national staff.
Eric’s reporting and writing has won a number of prestigious awards, including the Texas Headliner Award for feature writing (for a story about a homeless boy prostitute) and the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award for magazine reporting (for a story on public housing).
Beginning in the spring of 2011, Eric began teaching at Texas Southern University in Houston.
Eric Harrison is a Houston writer, critic and cartoonist. He teaches journalism at Texas Southern University. 