Eric is Managing Editor of PostalMag and Parcel and Air Cargo Editor at sister publication FreightWaves.
An award-winning business journalist with extensive experience covering the logistics sector, Eric spent nearly two years as the Washington, D.C., correspondent for Automotive News, where he focused on regulatory and policy issues surrounding autonomous vehicles, mobility, fuel economy and safety.
He has won three regional Gold Medals from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for government coverage and news analysis, and was voted best for feature writing and commentary in the 2019 Trade/Newsletter category by the D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
As associate editor at American Shipper Magazine for more than a decade, he wrote about trade, customs, infrastructure, freight transportation and supply chains.
He broke several stories about the political intrigue behind the Dubai Ports World controversy in 2006.
In 2024, Eric was runner up for the News Journalist and Supply Chain Journalist of the Year at the Seahorse Freight Association awards in London. In 2013, he won the “Supply Chain Journalist of the Year” award from the Seahorse Club in London for his cover story on omni-channel logistics and e-commerce. In 2014, he won the Seahorse Club’s “Environmental Journalist of the Year” award for a story about an alternative technology to shore power for reducing vessel emissions at berth.
Eric has been a guest on American Public Media's "Marketplace," ABC News, NPR's "Diane Rehm Show," KQED in San Francisco and SiriusXM Radio's "Road Dog Trucking" network.
Prior to joining American Shipper, Eric was a reporter at Transport Topics, a trucking industry publication. An investigative piece he wrote there about the security shortcomings of the Coast Guard’s hazardous material inspection program after the 9/11 attacks led to the Department of Transportation Inspector General opening an audit of the program.
