Steve Harrigan Biography

Steve Harrigan is an American personality who has been working with Fox News as a Middle East correspondent since October 2001. Before working with Fox News, he was working with CNN News who worked for foreign assignments as one of the best television news correspondents.

Early Life

Steve Harrigan was born in 1960 and he is 32 years old at the moment. He is a graduate student of Duke University and holds a Ph.D. degree in comparative literature. Steve speaks fluently in the Russian language. He is a Fox news correspondent who travels the world in the wake of covering stories. Before joining Fox News, he was working with CNN’s Moscow bureau for at least ten years. While he was in CNN, he was included in one of the Moscow teams who had won the Peabody, DuPont, and Kaplan Awards for having excellence in the field of reporting.

Steve Harrigan Career

Harrigan reported live from more than one country in the history of working with Fox News, where he has posted live reels and reports from more than 80 countries. In the year 2010, Harrigan reported the news about Hurricane Earl (2010) and its aftermath on St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. He gave his reporting on the live news of the different natural destructions including conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians, Hurricane Katrina from Gulfport, Mississippi, and many others.

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Before working with Fox, Harrigan was working with CNN in Moscow, where he made his reports from inside the Kremlin during the time of resignation of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991 and also covered the Chechen War. During his tenure in the network with CNN, Harrigan made the company win many awards including Peabody Award, Overseas Press Club David Kaplan Award, an Alfred I. DuPont–Columbia University Award for excellence in the reporting field.

Harrigan also went to Georgia for live reporting while the place was involved in combat in Russia in 2008. He had to escape the area after being targeted by the gunfire at one point. Harrigan also did live to report from Haiti in 2010 after the major earthquake hit the area. He also reported on Hurricane Harvey. Harrigan has given reports from nearly 80 countries while working with Fox News as a correspondent.

Steve Harrigan Biography

Real Name Steve Harrigan
Birth Date 1960
Age (as of 2022) 62 Years
Birth Place United States
Nationality American
Profession Television News Correspondent
Religion Christianity
Sun sign

Physical Statistics

Height in feet inches – 5’ 6” – in Centimeters – 168 cm
Weight in Kilograms – 90 kg  –  in Pounds –  198 lbs
Shoe Size 7.5 (U.S.)
Hair Color Brown
Eye Color Brown
Body Type Average

Family

Father
Mother
Sister
Brother

Qualification/Education

School
College Duke University

Relationship Status

Marital Status Single
Who is his wife? Not Known
Children Not Known
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Personal Life

Steve Harrigan has not given insights into his life story. He seems to be married but he has not clearly described whether or not he is married or has children. Steve never claimed that he was married or had any love story in the past. He often remains in controversy because of his reports and the evidence from different backgrounds. For example, once in March 2011, Harrigan was involved in a controversy where he was questioned about his reporting from the side of CNN foreign correspondent Nic Robertson.

The fact was that Harrigan stated that the Libyan government had been using the foreign journalists as human shields against a coalition airstrike in Tripoli. Later, Robertson stated that Fox news sent a non-editorial member instead of Harrigan for the trip being organized by the Libyan government.

Steve Harrigan Net Worth

Steve Harrigan’s estimated net worth is nearly $2 million. He is one of the exemplary personalities for many youngsters. Steve has worked with CNN and Fox News while being a major part of the correspondent team. He has reported live from different 80 countries giving reports on different matters. Back in February 2022, he was in the news giving live reporting on the Russian and Ukrainian War.

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