Eric Peterson
Executive Director
The Utah Investigative Journalism Project
About Eric Peterson
Eric Peterson is a longtime investigative reporter in Utah who gained acclaim for breaking major stories about pay-to-play corruption allegations at the Utah Attorney General’s Office. He’s won over a dozen First Place awards from the Utah Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He placed third nationally in the 2014 Association for Alternative Newsmedia Awards for coverage of homelessness in Salt Lake City, a series that included time spent undercover at the local homeless shelter. He is also the past President of the Board of the Utah Headliners Chapter for the Society of Professional Journalists.
