Eric M. Strauss is an Emmy®, duPont, Peabody and RFK Award-winning journalist and executive.

As the Executive Producer, ABC News, Medical team, he is responsible for editorial and production of health and medical reporting on air, online and streaming.

He works daily with platforms like “Good Morning America,” “World News Tonight,” “Nightline,” ABC digital and social platforms, and ABC News-affiliated and Disney Owned Television (OTV) Stations throughout the country.

Strauss manages a team of award-winning journalists and medical doctors who appear in reporting and produce and edit compelling vital content.

He has produced multiple primetime television and radio specials, including the Emmy Award-winning “The Shot: Race for a Vaccine” and the Edward R. Murrow Award-winning radio special “Pandemic: A Nation Divided.”

Under his tenure, Strauss has increased reporting on critical issues such as the mental health epidemic, maternal mortality, gun violence, health disparities and ongoing infectious disease threats.

Strauss supervises the ABC News medical journalism rotation that welcomes 30 resident physicians a year to embed with the Medical Unit, teaching them how to better communicate with the public.

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.

In 2014, he was awarded a prestigious Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship at the University of Michigan.

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

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.

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]