Step Vaessen

Stephanie "Step" Vaessen (born 11 February 1965) is a Dutch broadcast journalist, currently working as a Berlin correspondent for Al Jazeera English.

Vaessen is of Dutch origin and was born in Simpelveld in the province of Limburg, in 1965.

In 1994, she began working with the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) news department.

On Sunday, August 7, 2011, she was the third guest for the 2011 season on the television programme Zomergasten on the Dutch channel VPRO.

On 20 June 2012, she was the speaker for the Arondéus Lecture, to discuss the theme of intolerance in the Netherlands and attempts by politicians to limit free speech.