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
Pilots train in Buckeye ahead of Arizona's wildfire season
As the temperatures heat up, the threat of wildfires in Arizona begins to rise. For the last several weeks, pilots have been training for water airdrops in Buckeye.
Leighton Accardo's legacy forever attached to Arizona Coyotes
The story of Leighton Accardo and her place in Arizona Coyotes lore is forever cemented in the Coyotes' Ring of Honor. Now that the team is expected to move to Utah, the Accardo's are trying to remember the good times.
Phoenix man shot, killed in Peoria; suspect arrested
A man has been arrested in connection to a shooting in a Peoria neighborhood that left one person dead.
Arizona EV companies still confident amid signs of industry slowdown
News that Tesla is laying off 10% of its workforce came as the electric vehicle industry has shown signs of a slowdown for several months, but heads of EV-related companies in Arizona are still optimistic about the industry.
Arizona abortion law: No vote held to repeal near-total ban that dates back to 1864
Arizona state lawmakers met on April 10 for the first time since the state's Supreme Court allowed a near-total abortion ban that dates back to 1864 to take effect. While some believe a vote to repeal the law will take place on Wednesday, that didn't happen.
Abortions in Arizona: State can enforce 1864 law, supreme court rules
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state can enforce its long-dormant law criminalizing all abortions except when a mother's life is at stake.
Wet winter means SRP reservoirs are mostly full
At around this time in 2023, we were reporting on flooded streets in the Phoenix area, because water needed to be released from lakes that were, in some cases, overcapacity. This year, however, the story is slightly different.
Final Four: Bars, restaurants, and public safety officials say they are prepared
There’s been a near constant stream of global events being held at Glendale’s State Farm Stadium over the years, and on Monday, public safety officials gathered to say they are prepared and ready for the next big event.
Arizona man arrested for child abuse after baby hospitalized with skull fractures, broken ribs: PD
A man is accused of child abuse after a baby girl was hospitalized with severe injuries.
Silent Witness segment on FOX 10 helps another police department catch a suspect
An arrest in Phoenix nearly 10 months in the making has been made, and it's all because of a FOX 10 segment on a Saturday morning. Here's what happened.