Author, Broadcast Journalist & Educator; Executive Director of the Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy and Innovation & Assistant Professor of Practice at University of Mississippi

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Steve Herman Biography

Steven L. Herman is the Executive Director of the Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy and Innovation and an assistant professor of practice in the School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi.

Herman, a former White House bureau chief and chief national correspondent for the Voice of America (VOA), is the author of "Behind the White House Curtain: A Senior Journalist’s Story of Covering the President — and Why It Matters," a 2024 release from Kent State University Press.

During the first Trump administration, Herman was the designated radio reporter on dozens of Air Force One domestic and international trips, including the 45th president's final flight to Florida. He continued as VOA’s White House bureau chief during the first eight months of the Biden administration.

Herman has been an adjunct associate professor at Shenandoah University, an adjunct lecturer in the journalism department at the University of Richmond and a Council on Foreign Relations Higher Education Ambassador. In 2024, he also taught a media literacy course for Johns Hopkins University/OLLI.

He was the 2022-23 JURIST Journalist in Residence at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a 2022 Kiplinger Fellow at Ohio University.

Herman is on the board of governors of the National Press Club and is a former president and life member of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan. He also elected president of the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club and is a past president of the Japan-America Club of The American University. He is also a former vice president of the DC chapter of AAJA, and a former member of the board of governors of both the Overseas Press Club of America and the American Foreign Service Association.

He is currently on the board of directors of JURIST and a member of the Stafford County Telecommunications Commission.

Herman has also presented lectures or been a classroom guest speaker in numerous countries, as well as domestically at: Chautauqua, Claremont McKenna College, Fordham University, Georgetown University, Harvard University Asia Center, Indiana University, Kent State University, Miami University (Ohio), National Intelligence University, Ohio State, George Mason University, Penn State-Lehigh Valley, Seattle Central College, University of Mary Washington, University of Mississippi, University of Virginia and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 11/11/2025.

Steve Herman Videos

Steven Herman - MSNBC

Steven Herman - MSNBC

Voice of America journalist speaks out as China and Russia celebrate Trump silencing news outlet.

Steven Herman - "60 Minutes"

Steven Herman - "60 Minutes"

What Trump's silencing of Voice of America means for listeners worldwide.

Steve Herman - World Affairs Council of Connecticut

Steve Herman - World Affairs Council of Connecticut

Behind the White House Curtain with Steve Herman

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