{{short description|American journalist}} {{pp-semi-indef}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use American English|date=November 2023}} alt=|thumb|Steven L. Herman '''Steven L Herman''' is an educator, journalist and author, and, as of July 2025, the executive director of the ''Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy'' and Innovation at the University of Mississippi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ole Miss Hires Veteran International Journalist to Lead Jordan Center {{!}} Ole Miss |url=https://olemiss.edu/news/2025/5/steve-herman-hired-as-jordan-center-director/index.html |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=olemiss.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Muck Rack {{!}} For journalists and public relations |url=https://muckrack.com/w7voa/bio |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=muckrack.com |language=en}}</ref>

From 2017 through 2025, Herman was the ''Voice of America''’s senior White House correspondent,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-17 |title=#SEJSpotlight: Steve Herman, Chief National Correspondent, Voice of America {{!}} SEJ |url=https://www.sej.org/sejspotlight-steve-herman-chief-national-correspondent-voice-america |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=www.sej.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |last3= |last4= |first4= |last5= |first5= |date=2025-03-30 |title=Voice of America journalists speak out after Trump administration shuts down network - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/voice-of-america-journalists-speak-out-trump-shutdown-60-minutes-transcript/ |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> then subsequently White House bureau chief and chief national correspondent.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lubetkin |first=Steve |date=2025-06-26 |title=SBN Newsmakers: VOA's Chief National Correspondent, Steve Herman, fights for free press - |url=https://statebroadcastnews.com/2025/06/26/sbn-steveherman/ |access-date=2025-06-28 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rojanaphruk |first=Pravit |last2=Writer |first2=Senior Staff |date=2025-03-24 |title=Top VOA Journo Steven Herman Speak Out |url=https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2025/03/24/top-voa-journo-steven-herman-speak-out/ |access-date=2025-06-28 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Castano |first=Chris |title=Voice of America goes silent |url=https://the1a.org/segments/the-voice-of-america-goes-silent/ |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=1A |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education == Herman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he began his career in journalism and broadcasting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herman |first=Steve |title=About - The Newsguy -- Steve Herman |url=https://newsguy.substack.com/about |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=newsguy.substack.com |language=en}}</ref>

Herman has served as a Council on Foreign Relations higher education ambassador, an adjunct lecturer in the University of Richmond's journalism department and an adjunct associate professor at Shenandoah University.<ref name=":0" />

Herman was a Kiplinger Fellow at Ohio University, a JURIST journalist in residence at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a fellow at the journalism law school at Loyola Marymount University.<ref name=":0" />

==Career== Herman was one of the few journalists to spend time in the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant "hot zone" and visit the grounds of the crippled facility in April 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/correspondents/content/2011/s3193412.htm |title=Correspondents Report - US correspondents venture into nuclear no go zone 17/04/2011 |publisher=Abc.net.au |date= 17 April 2011|accessdate=2013-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Memmott |first=Mark |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/04/14/135406073/at-crippled-japanese-nuclear-plant-sign-says-zero-disasters-for-this-year |title=At Crippled Japanese Nuclear Plant: Sign Says 'Zero Disasters For This Year'|publisher=NPR |date=2011-04-14 |accessdate=2013-10-07}}</ref>

Herman served a term as presidents of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fccj.or.jp/node/1828 |title=Farewell Party for Steven Herman &#124; FCCJ: The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan |publisher=FCCJ |date= |access-date=2013-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927211214/http://www.fccj.or.jp/node/1828 |archive-date=2011-09-27 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Steve Herman - Reporter bio - Voice of America (VOA News) |url=https://www.voanews.com/author/steve-herman/yuqqt |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=www.voanews.com}}</ref> and the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sohn, Jie Ae|url=http://www.sfcc.or.kr/eng/sfcc/sfcc_ceo.asp |title=President's Greeting|publisher=Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club|date= |accessdate=2013-10-07|archivedate=November 21, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121233240/http://www.sfcc.or.kr/eng/sfcc/sfcc_ceo.asp}}</ref> He has served on the board of governors of the Overseas Press Club and the American Foreign Service Association.

As part of the December 2022 Twitter suspensions, Herman's Twitter account was temporarily suspended.<ref>{{cite news |last=Luciano |first=Michael |date=December 15, 2022 |title=Twitter Suspends Several Reporters Who Cover Elon Musk in Thursday Night Massacre |url=https://www.mediaite.com/tech/twitter-suspends-several-reporters-accounts-in-thursday-night-massacre-i-havent-been-given-a-reason/ |accessdate=December 16, 2022 |work=Mediaite}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Reimann |first1=Nicholas |last2=Hart |first2=Robert |date=December 16, 2022 |title=Twitter Suspends Accounts For Rival Mastodon And Several High-Profile Journalists |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/12/15/twitter-suspends-accounts-for-rival-mastodon-and-several-high-profile-journalists/ |accessdate=December 16, 2022 |work=Forbes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dang |first=Sheila |date=December 16, 2022 |title=Elon Musk's Twitter suspension of journalists draws global backlash |url=https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/elon-musks-twitter-suspension-of-journalists-draws-global-backlash |accessdate=December 16, 2022 |work=Financial Post}}</ref>

On Feb. 28, 2025, the U.S. Agency for Global Media announced that Herman was being placed on an extended “excused absence” due to an ongoing human resources investigation into whether his “social media activity has undermined V.O.A.’s audiences’ perceptions of the objectivity and/or credibility of V.O.A. and its news operations.” <ref>Enrich, David and Minho Kim [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/voice-of-america-trump.html "Voice of American Journalists Face Investigations for Trump Comments" ''NY Times'' (Feb. 28, 2025)] (accessed Feb. 28, 2025)</ref> Two weeks later, nearly all of VOA’s fulltime staff were also placed on paid administrative leave.

He has frequently appeared on BBC and MSNBC and was profiled by ''CBS’ 60 Minutes'' following the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the Voice of America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profile - Steven L Herman - The Authors Guild |url=https://go.authorsguild.org/members/7225 |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=go.authorsguild.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Enrich |first=David |last2=Kim |first2=Minho |date=2025-02-28 |title=Voice of America Journalists Face Investigations for Trump Comments |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/media/voice-of-america-trump.html |access-date=2025-06-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

He is currently on the board of governors of the ''National Press Club''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leadership |url=https://www.press.org/leadership |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=National Press Club |language=en}}</ref> and ''JURIST'' news.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Episode 96: The Silencing of the Voice of America with Steve Herman |url=https://www.specificallyforseniors.com/the-silencing-of-the-voice-of-america-with-steve-herman/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=JURIST - About - Board of Directors |url=https://www.jurist.org/transparency/ |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=www.jurist.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== As an author ===

* ''Bhutan in Color 2007- A Himalayan Kingdom Through the Lens of an American Journalist (2008)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Herman |first1=Steven |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l5WjJwAACAAJ |title=Bhutan in Color 2007: A Himalayan Kingdom Through the Lens of an American ... - Google Boeken |date=March 2008 |publisher=Nama Productions, Incorporated |isbn=9780965561426 |accessdate=2013-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Herman |first=Steven |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bhutan_in_Color_2007/l5WjJwAACAAJ?hl=en |title=Bhutan in Color 2007: A Himalayan Kingdom Through the Lens of an American Journalist |date= |publisher=Nama Productions, Incorporated |isbn=978-0-9655614-2-6 |language=en}}</ref>'' * ''Behind the White House Curtain A Senior Journalist’s Story of Covering the president—and Why It Matters (2024)''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Behind the White House Curtain - The Kent State University Press |url=https://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2023/behind-the-white-house-curtain/ |access-date=2025-06-28 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ2oa3A7ydE Would take 'Herculean effort' to rebuild: Voice of America employee speaks out amid Trump order]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Mastodon user}} on the Fediverse

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