Steve Centanni
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Journalism career
Centanni joined FNC in 1996.
During Operation Iraqi Freedom, he served as an embedded journalist with the Navy SEALs and provided numerous first reports for the network, including a report that the U.S. had captured two main offshore oil terminals located Script error: No such module "convert". off Iraq's southern coast, preventing them from being blown up by Iraqi forces.[1]
Previous to Fox, Centanni had worked for KRON-TV in San Francisco, California.
Centanni retired in August 2014.[2]
Education
Centanni attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and earned a Bachelor's degree in broadcasting from San Francisco State University.[1]
Gaza kidnapping
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". On August 14, 2006, he was kidnapped by Palestinian gunmen while on assignment in Gaza City, along with Olaf Wiig, a cameraman from New Zealand, with a group calling itself the Holy Jihad Brigades claiming responsibility.[3][4] On August 27, the Palestinian news service Ramattan and FOX News reported that Centanni and Wiig were released unharmed.[5]
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- Kidnapped American people
- Kidnappings by Islamists
- Living people
- San Francisco State University alumni
- University of Colorado Boulder alumni