Steve Harrigan
Steve Harrigan is a television news correspondent who worked for on foreign assignments for CNN News before joining Fox News as a Middle East correspondent in October 2001. His home is in Miami, Florida.[1]
Harrigan reported on Hurricane Katrina from Gulfport, Mississippi; Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan; and on conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians. Before working at Fox was at CNN in Moscow "where he reported from inside the Kremlin when then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev resigned in 1991, and covered the Chechen War". CNN's Moscow bureau received the Peabody Award, DuPont Award, and Kaplan Award for excellence in reporting while he was with the station.[1]
Harrigan reported from Georgia when it was involved in combat with Russia in 2008 and had to run to escape being targeted by gunfire at one point.[2] Harrigan reported from Haiti in 2010 after a major earthquake.[3]
Harrigan graduated from Duke University and holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature. He is fluent in the Russian language.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Steve Krakauer Steve Harrigan Fox News Biography
- ^ Out of the Miami frying pan into the Tbilisi fire for Fox News reporter Steve Harrigan August 15, 2008 Miami Herald
- ^ Steve Harrigan’s Emotional Report On “Strong Smell Of Death” In Haiti January 14th, 2010 Mediaite
