Steve has been one of Pueblo's most accomplished and decorated journalists.

From 1978 through 2020, for 42 years, the last 19 as managing editor/editor, Mr. Henson worked at The Pueblo Chieftain, the state’s oldest daily newspaper.

The Chieftain has been one of the most prominent and influential newspapers in Southern Colorado and beyond as it even had its own reporter in Washington, D.C., until the late 1980s.

A 1976 graduate of the University of Southern Colorado, Steve started his career in news at KCSJ and KDJQ radio stations in 1974.  There he served as news director and occasionally worked as a disc jockey.

In 1978, he was offered a reporter job at The Pueblo Chieftain and thereafter was assistant city editor, news editor, regional editor, sports editor, editorial pages editor/editorial writer, and managing editor/editor from 2001-2020.

He may be best known for writing a popular weekly personal column beginning in 1982 until December 2020.

Steve won more than 40 state and regional press awards for news columns, news and feature stories, and special projects over the course of his journalism career.  He was named Colorado’s Newspaper Person of the Year by the Colorado Press Association; outstanding alumnus, Colorado State University-Pueblo; past president and board chairman of the Colorado Press Association; winner of CPA’s annual Friend of the First award; and has moderated hundreds of political debates in Southern Colorado, from school board and City Council races to the U.S. Senate and governor. 

Mr. Henson also was inducted into the Greater Pueblo Sports Association Hall of Fame for his accomplishments as a tennis player and coach. 

Steve is a member of the adjunct faculty, Colorado State University Pueblo, Department of Media and Entertainment, 2021-current; and faculty advisor for The Today, the student online newspaper and bi-yearly The Today Magazine.

Steve was raised by his mother and grandparents on the East Side when the family moved from Missouri to Pueblo when he was 8. Like many children from Catholic families before the 1970s, Steve attended Catholic schools; he attended East High School his senior year, 1971-1972, following the closure of Roncalli High School, and was especially successful as a member of East's speech and debate team.

He and his wife Paula share five children and seven grandchildren.