Steven Adams

Steven Allen Adams is a West Virginia state government reporter for Ogden Newspapers, covering state politics and government for The Parkersburg News and Sentinel, The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register, The Weirton Daily Times, The Dominion Post in Morgantown, The Inter-Mountain in Elkins, The Journal in Martinsburg, and other Ogden publications across the state.

An award-winning journalist, Adams has received multiple West Virginia Press Association honors since 2018, including first place for Best News Feature Writing (2021), Best Breaking News Coverage (2023), and Best News Columnist (2024). He is also a two-time recipient of the West Virginia Broadcasters Association’s Spot News Coverage Award (2006 and 2007).

In 2009, The Washington Post recognized Adams as one of the nation’s best state-based political reporters. He was named to The State Journal’s 2012 Generation Next: 40 Under 40 class and was selected for the Leadership West Virginia program in 2023.