Craig Savage seen on Air Force One during the then President George W. Bush’s Secret 2003 trip to Iraq to visit the troops there for Thanksgiving.
Loved, long Fox News Channel Cameraman Craig Savage died on Sunday at the age of 61 after a courageous fight against cancer.
Savage joined Fox News on 3 October 1996, four days before the network was launched, and played a key role in its success. Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and president and executive editor Jay Wallace shared the heartbreaking news in a memo on the staff on Monday morning and called Savage a “groundbreaking force” in the network.
“Shortly after he was a member of the network, Craig’s exceptional skills and creative eye were quickly recognized by our then Washington Bureau Chief Kim Hume, who applies Craig to the White House unit, a role that he fulfilled here during his career in his career,” Scott and Wallace wrote.
“An integral part of countless crucial events in the history of Fox News Channel, he helped photograph our first presidential interview with the then President Clinton and was then involved in almost every presidential interview,” Scott and Wallace continued. “He also led the Fox Floor camera on the presidential conventions of 2000 and 2004 – an extremely challenging job that he really enjoyed.”
For a long time Fox News Channel cameraman Craig Savage died on Sunday at the age of 61 after a courageous fight against cancer.
Scott and Wallace noted that Craig’s versatility was crucial as part of the White House unit.
“He was paramount in the evolution of the industry from analogue to digital, the control of complicated transitions to LED lighting. There he continued his reputation as an award-winning photographer and was dedicated to perfecting the images he produced for newsprogramming, surrounding everything from elections and natural disasters.
“It was his problem solving in particular who made him the go-to person for a complex challenge, especially when it came to guaranteeing flawless live shots of the White House,” Scott and Wallace continued. “In a remarkable case, Craig chose to act as an engineer during a large pool trip for Fox News when the then President Clinton Africa visited, to help us achieve a huge assignment instead of traveling in his traditional role, so he could go on a safari and have a chair in Africa.”
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Savage was also crucial during the then President George W. Bush’s Secret 2003 trip to Iraq to visit the troops there for Thanksgiving and was assigned to the secret journey from President Trump to Afghanistan for Thanksgiving with the troops in 2019.
“His stealth and skill when delivering images under the strictest circumstances were proof of his skills and dedication,” Scott and Wallace wrote.
In recent years, Craig has embraced the air as a drone pilot and contributed hundreds of flying hours to the news collection efforts of Fox News about stories that varied from the southern border to natural disasters.
“He really left an indelible stamp on Fox News and has formed the careers of many,” Scott and Wallace wrote.
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Savage is survived by his wife, senior producer Anne Marie Riha from Fox News, his sons Jake, Andrew and Maxwell, daughter-in-law Alexa, his stepchildren Zachary and Carly Norins and his grandchildren Sloane and Evander Savage.
