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Pulitzer Prize winner Newhouse addresses library |
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Wednesday, 16 May 2007 |
By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
 BOOK SIGNING – Conrad Librarian Carolyn Donath looks on as Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Eric Newhouse signs a copy of his book, Alcohol: Cradle to Grave, for the library after his talk on Tuesday. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
The Friends of the Library sponsored his talk.
He was the 2000 Pulitzer Prize winner for explanatory reporting, doing a series that ran in the GFT once a month for a year.
Newhouse’s series, Alcohol: Cradle to Grave, also became a book, published in 2001 with an updated version that came out last year.
It is all about the day in the life and a look at how the disease of alcohol affects Great Falls in particular and Montana in general.
During his talk on Tuesday, Newhouse noted when under stress a person will drink more and drink less with less stress. “This has been proven again and again.”
Asked if, in his research, he found one profession that tended to cause people to drink more than others, he couldn’t identify one, rather, he said, “Alcohol is genetic and gateway to a lot of other things.”
Newhouse also noted, “Alcohol is not a fun disease and the only way to combat alcoholism is not to drink at all.”
He related that during his research he found that the social costs for treatment are staggering, for example, the state University System spends about $120 million a year treating alcoholism, more than it does to educate college kids.
Newhouse has multiple college degrees and has been with the GFT for 18 years. He also teaches English and mass communications at the University of Great Falls.
To learn more about the speakers program from the library, contact Marge Matheson of Friends of the Library or contact Carolyn Donath, librarian, at 271-5751.
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