Burt Herman

Past

• Consulting editor, interactive design and multimedia at Associated Press
• John S. Knight fellowship for journalists at Stanford University
• Chief of Bureau, Korea at The Associated Press

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Education

• Stanford University
• Stanford University
• Stanford University

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Industry

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Burt Herman’s Summary

I am a veteran journalist and foreign correspondent who has covered politics, conflict, culture and business across the United States, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Middle East and Asia.

While at Stanford on a Knight journalism fellowship, I worked at the design school to explore the future of journalism. I co-founded a project on "redesigning journalism," looking at how audiences get their news and applying those insights to find ways to engage audiences. I have also studied strategic management and entrepreneurship at the Stanford business school, and worked on mobile application development and human-computer interaction design in the computer science department.

As a correspondent for AP, I was an embedded reporter with the U.S. Marines and Air Force during the 2003 Iraq war and covered fighting in northern Afghanistan and the U.S. military buildup in Central Asia after the Sept. 11 attacks. Among other major stories I have covered were the 2001 Macedonia war, the 2003 "rose revolution" in Georgia, 2004 tsunami from worst-hit Indonesia, 2004 Beslan school siege in southern Russia and 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan. I also reported on Pakistan's nuclear black market and the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto's 2007 assassination.

Burt Herman’s Education

• Stanford University

  John S. Knight fellowship for journalists 2008 — 2009

• Stanford University

  M.A. , Russian and East European Studies , 1995 — 1996

  Activities and Societies:

  Editor in chief, The Stanford Daily

• Stanford University

  B.A. with honors , Political Science , 1992 — 1995

  Activities and Societies:

  The Stanford Daily (News editor, photo editor, staff writer, photographer)
  Jazz combo