Nikki Battiste Biography
Nikki Battiste is an American Award winning Journalist popularly known as CBS’s New York based National Correspondent. She joined the network on May 2017, as a freelance correspondent for CBS Newspath. Formerly, she was an employee of ABC News where she was serving as producer and reporter based in New York.
Quick Facts of Nikki Battiste
| Full Name | Nikki Battiste |
| Age | 44 years |
| Birthday | 11 January |
| Birthplace | Newport, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania |
| Height | 5 feet 7 inches |
| Parents | Judy
Nick |
| Siblings | Brandon |
| Husband | Dean Simpson |
| Children | Beau Nicholas
Viviana Hope |
Nikki Battiste’s Age
The media personality has never disclosed her year of birth. Nevertheless her estimated age is around 44 years old depending on the way she was describing her struggle with fertility and miscarriages issues. She celebrates her birthday on 11 January and was born in Newport, Pennsylvania, United States of America. She is a Capricorn with white ethnicity.
Nikki Battiste’s Height
Battiste’s height is 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Nikki Battiste Education
The Journalist is a University of Pennsylvania alumni where she graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. She is a sports lover as she was a co-captain of Division 1 Field hockey team during her time in the University.
Nikki Battiste Parents and Siblings
Nikki was born a daughter to Judy Battiste and Nick Battiste. Her father Nick was a high school teacher of English. Her parents raised her alongside a younger brother named Brandon.
Nikki Battiste Husband
Battiste married the love of her life Dean Simpson in 2016, after dating for almost 4 years since they had met on May 2012 in a hotel in New York. The lovebirds held their beautiful wedding at Oheka Castle in Huntington, New York and for their honeymoon they flew to Italy, Amalfi Coast. Dean is British.
Nikki Battiste’s children
She and her husband shares two children her first born is a son named Beau Nicholas, born on May 2020. Her second child is named Viviana Hope born on 14 July 2023.
Nikki Battiste Salary
Nikki’s salary as of 2024 is estimate to range from $65,000-$120,000. As of her net worth its projected she is worth about $1million.
Career
Battiste’s journalism career began at NBC News Page where she worked on Saturday Night Live and Today. Later she was tasked to be the production Associate of Today broadcast. At NBC she worked for 5 years.
Upon leaving NBC, Nikki joined ABC News where she served as reporter and producer based in New York. At ABC News she covered a wide range of stories from across the World. She reported for Good Morning America, Nightline, World News Tonight, ABC News.com and also 20|20.
Mostly she covered breaking News and Feature stories which includes The Ebola Crisis, Hurricane, Sandy, 2016 Presidential elections, Virginia Tech School Shootings and more.
On May 2017, she Joined CBS network after she was hired as a freelance correspondent for CBS Newspath. She reports for all CBS News platforms and some of her reports includes, Armed teachers in classrooms, Hurricane Dorian in Bahamas, the search for four missing men in Pennsylvania and the Parkland School shooting.
Throughout her career she has proudly won multiple awards like Several Emmy’s, Edward R. Murrow Award, CINE Golden Eagle Awards, Peabody award, Front Page Award.
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