Beth Macy

Beth Macy grew up poor in Urbana, Ohio, and became the first person in her family to attend college.¹ She and her husband raised two children in Roanoke on a reporter's and a teacher's salaries.² Her work kept her close to western Virginia's families and communities during twenty five years at The Roanoke Times.²

Macy earned a journalism degree at Bowling Green State University and a master's in English and creative writing at Hollins.¹ Her professional fellowships include a Nieman at Harvard in 2010 and a Guggenheim for nonfiction in 2023.³⁴

Her books include Factory Man, about globalization's effects on small towns, and Dopesick, about the opioid crisis.² Dopesick became a Hulu series that she helped produce and write.² Her other titles include Truevine, Raising Lazarus and Paper Girl.¹

Macy wants restored Affordable Care Act tax credits and Medicaid funding, restrictions on private equity ownership of hospitals and federal protection for abortion access.¹ She also supports pausing new data centers until protections for land, water and electricity costs are established.¹ She is challenging Republican incumbent Ben Cline, seeking to take her reporting experience into Congress.²