(Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jason Zeeman, 45, discusses his "opioid-free" hernia surgery in a news conference at LDS Hospital on Feb. 26, 2020. Zeeman said he opted for an opioid-free surgery after struggling with opioid addiction following a back injury 28 years ago.
Erin is a reporter who has previously been an outdoor columnist and worked the crime beat. She was the lead reporter on The Tribune's Pulitzer-winning coverage of campus sexual assault. She has worked at newspapers in Michigan and Iowa and taught English for two years at teacher-training colleges in China.