Thu, Jun 20
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Steven L Herman, Behind the White House Curtain A Senior Journalist’s Story of Covering the President—and Why It Matters
Going behind the scenes with a veteran member of the White House press corps - Steven L Herman, chief national correspondent for the nonpartisan, government-funded Voice of America (VOA). Collected Works and Global Santa Fe are thrilled to co-present a conversation between Mr. Herman and Jim Falk.
Date, Time & Location
Jun 20, 2024, 6:00 PM MDT
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
This will be an in-store event and live streamed to Zoom, register for Zoom here.
Order Behind the White House Curtain (hardcover, $29.95) from CW online here or call the store (505) 988-4226 to order. Signed copies will be available after the event.
Steven L Herman weaves together memoir and history to pull back the curtain on the inner workings of the White House press corps, giving readers a rare glimpse into the historic and current relationship between the president and the press.
Herman traces the trajectory of his career as a journalist—from learning to be skeptical of government officials’ statements when he worked as a novice reporter covering nuclear testing in Nevada in the 1970s to understanding the power of on-the-ground social media coverage after the Fukushima disaster in 2011 and facing the challenges of covering the Trump administration. He reflects on the experience of reporting on a president…