Eric K. Ward
Eric Ward is an investigative reporter and researcher with the South Carolina Policy Council.
Ward joined the organization in October 2009 after nine years at Free Times, the alternative newsweekly in the South Carolina capital of Columbia, where he was news editor of the publication, overseeing its local, state and national coverage.
Prior to that, Ward conducted an independent, nationwide oral history project focused on the future of the United States. His journalism career also includes three years as a daily newspaper reporter.
Ward received a bachelor’s degree in news-editorial journalism from the University of South Carolina and has won several writing and reporting awards. His interests include writing, politics and government, civics and democracy, environmental issues, music, photography and the great outdoors.
You can contact Eric at: eric@thenerve.org or call (803) 254-4411.
Recent Articles
Boeing Thanks S.C. Congressmen for Supporting Company’s Biggest Subsidizer
May 16, 2012, 5:55 a.m.The Boeing Co. is feeling the love for South Carolina’s congressional delegation – most of the delegation members anyway.
‘Angel’ Incentives Would Duplicate 3 State Programs
May 15, 2012, 6 a.m.A bill that has moved another step closer to passing would have the state subsidize early-stage venture capital investing on top of three existing programs that do more or less the same thing.
USC Eyes Another Tuition Hike, Buys More Buildings
May 11, 2012, 5:55 a.m.Despite concerns across the country about a higher education “tuition bubble,” the University of South Carolina is looking at implementing yet another tuition increase in the fall.
Freedom of Information Bill Faces Rocky Road in Senate
May 9, 2012, 6 a.m.An S.C. House-passed bill to monumentally strengthen the state’s open-government law faces a precarious road in the Senate.
House Panel Drops Ethics Case against Governor after House Changes Its Rules
May 7, 2012, 8:49 a.m.The S.C. House last week danced a conspicuous ethics two-step, in what one State House watchdog describes as exactly the kind of bull pucky that makes taxpayers cynical about politicians and government.
House Axes Budget and Control Board in New Restructuring Plan
May 3, 2012, 5:55 a.m.The S.C. House passed a counterproposal Wednesday to a Senate plan for restructuring state government, going much further than the House’s original blueprint and outstripping the Senate in some areas.
Panel Strips Economic Development from Firefighting Bill
May 2, 2012, 5:55 a.m.As first written, the bill would have directed 7 percent of the revenue from state taxes on insurance premiums to the Forestry Commission for firefighting and “forestry industry economic enhancement.”
Bill Would Add Forester to State Economic Development Board
May 1, 2012, 6 a.m.The S.C. Forestry Commission is supporting a bill to put its director on an obscure state board with vast control over South Carolina’s economy. The board is named the S.C. Coordinating Council for Economic Development.
The Difference Between Incentives and Private Investment – Disclosure
April 26, 2012, 6 a.m.Imagine being an investment broker without the information necessary to keep clients apprised of how their assets are performing: no price-to-earnings data, no quarterly profit statements, no tax liability numbers. Doesn’t sound like a very promising career path as a financial adviser, does it?
Politics Threatens to Derail Restructuring
April 25, 2012, 5:55 a.m.Causal and keen observers alike might have heard rumblings about expanding government bureaucracy, along with concerns about protecting the state’s credit rating. The facts, however, do not confirm alarms about those matters.