Steve Nielsen
Steve Nielsen joined FOX 10 News in January 2020 and is excited to be back in the Valley reporting.
Raised in California, Steve first fell in love with Phoenix while getting his degree at the Cronkite School at Arizona State.
Steve spent nearly a decade on the East Coast reporting for WPRI-TV in Rhode Island. The smallest state punched above its weight class in news.
He stood just feet away as FBI agents raided the Rhode Island House Speaker’s office. Eventually, the speaker pleaded guilty to bribery. Steve went to multiple Super Bowls covering the Patriots, reported in Fenway Park as the Red Sox won the World Series, and even interviewed the players at the Little League World Series.
Steve’s reporting in Rhode Island earned him 7 New England Emmy nominations. He appeared nationally on FOX News in the days after the Boston Marathon Bombing. He’s most proud of his work covering more than 50 cold cases in one year. His coverage helped detectives receive hundreds of tips on the region’s most challenging investigations.
It was in Rhode Island Steve met his talented, intelligent, and beautiful wife Susan. Their family grew with the birth of their son Cormac, in 2018.
Before his time in the Ocean State, Steve spent two years cutting his teeth in the mornings at KFDX in Wichita Falls, TX. In the evenings, he earned his master’s in International Relations at Midwestern State University.
He interned in college at several Phoenix television and radio stations. He always wanted to come back to the desert and cherishes the opportunity to now tell your stories in Phoenix.
While not a work, you can find Steve smiling and laughing at parks and trails in the valley soaking up the sun with his wife and son.
The latest from Steve Nielsen
Six-mile stretch of Mesa canal has concrete replaced to keep water flowing
Gates closed on a Mesa canal and the water slowly turned into a trickle until it dried out. SRP crews will work to replace the thinning and damaged concrete.
Labor Dept. officials asking for more time as fraud prosecution deadline looms
For years, we have covered the massive unemployment fraud that took place in Arizona during the COVID-19 pandemic, but now, federal prosecutors fear a looming deadline might stop criminal investigations.
Arizona weather forecast: Sunday marked a beautiful end to the weekend in the state
High clouds continue to stream over Arizona on Sunday evening. Temperatures will be seasonably cool through Monday morning, falling in the low 50s.
ASU football player Jordan Crook needed a new car, the community delivered
A social media post and hype through the roof for the ASU football team helped star linebacker Jordan Crook get a new car when his Nissan Altima started to give him some trouble.
ASU students create groundbreaking 'sunscreen' for roofs that lowers energy costs
A new product developed by two ASU students is being called sunscreen for buildings. It’s a new type of roof coating that essentially freezes and unfreezes during the day, and it's shown to save energy costs.
SRP prepares for 'river swap' at Stewart Mountain Dam to slow the flow of Salt River for the winter
Starting Nov. 14, the flow of water at Stewart Mountain Dam will be turned to a drip at Saguaro Lake where the Salt River flows west into the Valley.
Father of Phoenix Children's Hospital patient left frustrated as dispute with Blue Cross Blue Shield continues
It's been close to two weeks, and officials with Phoenix Children's Hospital say a deal with Blue Cross Blue Shield in the short term is unlikely. As the stalemate continues, it is leaving some families in flux.
Experts aren't worried for CHIPS and Science Act in Arizona after Trump's comments
As we look ahead to the second Trump administration, comments he made on a podcast about the CHIPS and Science Act caused a huge reaction in the semiconductor industry. Arizona has been a key focus of international investment thanks to the act.
Arizona voters approve state-level immigration enforcement
With the approval of Proposition 314, Arizona becomes the latest state to test the limits of what local authorities can do to curb illegal immigration.
Arizona Senate race: Lake, Gallego await results as vote count is underway
As votes are being counted, the candidates for the U.S. Senate, Kari Lake and Rep. Ruben Gallego, await the results.