Steven Tonthat is a multimedia arts and culture producer at Oregon Public Broadcasting, where he produces stories for OPB’s flagship arts program “Oregon Art Beat."

Before moving to Oregon in 2018, he worked as online producer at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Hawaii’s biggest daily newspaper, where he covered breaking news, worked as a videographer and managed the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s social media platforms.

Steven graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in English and broadcast journalism and again in 2012 with a master's degree in composition and rhetoric.

When not working, he can be found wandering around Portland with his camera, or dining at some of the city's popular Vietnamese restaurants.