Steve Herman

@newsguy.bsky.social

Sr. Fellow, Center for Information Advantage & Effectiveness; Journalism Asst. Professor of Practice, @OleMiss.bsky.social; Board: @npcinstitute.bsky.social; @juristnews.bsky.social; Ex VOA White House bureau chief; 2022 Kiplinger Fellow; W7DQ

The worst-ranked team in NCAA Division I basketball recruited a nearly 7-foot-tall forward from China, hoping he could turn around the program at the historically Black school. But then ICE arrested the MVSU player a day after newest Delta Devil arrived on campus in Mississippi.

How MVSU basketball lost, regained Qingfang Pang from ICE

Qingfang Pang could be back on the court at Mississippi Valley State University in time for the Delta Devils’ 2026 basketball season, after his ICE arrest.

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I sat down with @ninajankowicz.com on her podcast, Disarmed, to discuss the history of the Voice of America and the ongoing legal battle surrounding its future.

Nina Jankowicz@ninajankowicz.com · yesterday

Steven Herman (@newsguy.bsky.social) covered the White House for Voice of America. Then the administration turned its scrutiny on him for alleged political bias, including a dossier citing his siblings’ Facebook argument. The rest of our convo is on DISARMED: www.thewayfinder.net/p/the-people...

(AP) — Federal law enforcement agents searched a Beverly Hills home early Tuesday as part of an investigation into Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress amid a wave of sexual misconduct allegations.

Security personnel lifted off the ground a prominent Egyptian journalist and carried her out of a Cairo courtroom after a judge convicted the Mada Masr editor-in-chief of running an unlicensed website and ordered the independent outlet closed.

Egypt jails Mada Masr editor and orders outlet closed

The conviction of respected journalist Lina Attalah and the closure of the independent news site represents a devastating blow to press freedom in the country

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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu scare tactic amid balloting accuses Arab voters of "trying to steal the election." (Arab citizens compose ~17% of the eligible Israeli electorate.)

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