Eric M. Strauss

Journalist in the United States

Eric M. Strauss

Journalist in the United States

Eric M. Strauss is the Managing Editor, ABC News, Medical Unit, responsible for the editorial direction of health and medical reporting on-air and on-line.

He works daily with Good Morning America, World News Tonight, Nightline, 20/20, ABC Radio and ABC Digital.

He is a graduate of Tulane University in New Orleans, La. where he studied Political Economics and was the General Manager of the student-run television station.

He began his professional career at ABC News working for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.

Health care runs in Eric’s DNA. His paternal grandfather was a general practitioner, delivering many generations of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn babies. His maternal grandmother was a public health nurse for the Nassau County Department of Health. His father, Elton Strauss, was the Chief of Orthopedic Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC before dying last summer at 69 from t-cell lymphoma. Eric witnessed his first surgery - a total-hip - at age 12 and spent most weekends making rounds and entertaining his dad’s overworked residents.

Some of Eric’s most memorable reporting includes 9/11, hurricanes, medical mysteries, hours on addiction and rehabilitation, juvenile corrections, sexual exploitation of youth, a series of family reunifications using DNA and genealogy, Barbara Walters’ interview with Monica Lewinsky, Diane Sawyer’s investigations of the foster care system, a documentary on children battling OCD with David Muir that has been updated over a 10-year time-frame and a recent report on treatment available for extreme digital usage by teenagers and adults.

His work has beenrecognized with Dupont, Edward R. Murrow, Emmy, Peabody and RFK Awards. In2015, Eric was awarded a prestigious Knight-Wallace Journalism fellowship for ayear of academic study where he investigated visual storytelling of justicetopics in mainstream media.

In 2004 Mr. Strauss reported on Bridget Kelly, a teacher who survived a brutal attack and became an advocate for sexual assault survivors. In 2007 they started dating, and in 2012 they married [NYT Link]