# Steve Centanni

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American journalist

Steve Centanni Born Steven James Centanni Occupation News reporter Known for Being kidnapped and held hostage

**Steven James "Steve" Centanni** is an American former [news](/source/News) [reporter](/source/Reporter) for [Fox News Channel](/source/Fox_News_Channel).

## Journalism career

Centanni joined FNC in 1996.

During [Operation Iraqi Freedom](/source/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom), he served as an embedded journalist with the [Navy SEALs](/source/Navy_SEALs) and provided numerous first reports for the network, including a report that the U.S. had captured two main offshore [oil](/source/Petroleum) terminals located 22 miles (35 km) off [Iraq](/source/Iraq)'s southern coast, preventing them from being blown up by Iraqi forces.[1]

Previous to Fox, Centanni had worked for [KRON-TV](/source/KRON-TV) in [San Francisco, California](/source/San_Francisco%2C_California).

Centanni retired in August 2014.[2]

## Education

Centanni attended the [University of Colorado at Boulder](/source/University_of_Colorado_at_Boulder) and earned a [Bachelor's degree](/source/Bachelor's_degree) in broadcasting from [San Francisco State University](/source/San_Francisco_State_University).[1]

## Gaza kidnapping

Main article: [2006 Fox journalists kidnapping](/source/2006_Fox_journalists_kidnapping)

On August 14, 2006, he was kidnapped by [Palestinian](/source/Palestinian) gunmen while on assignment in [Gaza City](/source/Gaza_City), along with [Olaf Wiig](/source/Olaf_Wiig), a [cameraman](/source/Cameraman) from [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), with a group calling itself the [Holy Jihad Brigades](/source/Holy_Jihad_Brigades) claiming responsibility.[3][4] On August 27, the [Palestinian](/source/Palestinian_territories) news service Ramattan and FOX News reported that Centanni and Wiig were released unharmed.[5]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FNC_bio_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FNC_bio_1-1) ["Fox News Bio Steve Centanni"](https://web.archive.org/web/20051219142456/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1182,00.html). [Fox News Channel](/source/Fox_News_Channel). Archived from [the original](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1182,00.html) on December 19, 2005. Retrieved August 15, 2006.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Fox News Correspondent Steve Centanni is Retiring"](http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/fox-news-correspondent-steve-centanni-is-retiring/235622). 6 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-AP_demand_3-0)** "New Group Claims Fox News Kidnappings". [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press). {{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: Missing or empty |url= ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#cite_web_url))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BBC_demand_4-0)** ["Gaza militants claim Fox kidnap"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5278726.stm). [BBC](/source/BBC). August 23, 2006. Retrieved August 23, 2006.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-release_5-0)** ["Kidnapped Fox journalists released"](http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/27/fox.journalists/index.html). [CNN](/source/CNN). Retrieved August 27, 2006.

## External links

Wikinews has related news:

- [Two Fox News journalists kidnapped in Gaza](https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Two_Fox_News_journalists_kidnapped_in_Gaza)
- [Deadline to release Muslim prisoners passes, Gaza-held journalists released](https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Deadline_to_release_Muslim_prisoners_passes,_Gaza-held_journalists_released)

- [Bio on FoxNews.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20051219142456/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1182,00.html)

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