The Newsguy at the Newslab -- Steve Herman
Steve HermanNarratives, analysis and musings on the media from the executive director of the Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation in the School of Journalism & New Media at the University of Mississippi.
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Exec. Director, Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation/Asst. Professor of Practice, Univ. of Mississippi. Former VOA White House bureau chief. Board of Directors: National Press Club Journalism Institute; JURISTnews.
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