Who Is Nikki Battiste? Her, Wiki, Age, Husband, Wedding, Family & Facts

Nikki Battiste is an Award-winning American journalist, who currently serves as a CBS News correspondent based in New York. She reports on various CBS News platforms, including “CBS This Morning,” the “CBS Evening News” and CBSN, CBS News’ 24/7 live, streaming news service.

Nikki Battiste Wiki; Age, Family, Ethnicity

Nikki Battiste was born in the 1980s in Newport, Pennsylvania that makes her age in the late 30s. Her birthday falls on 10 January every year. She is the eldest child of Nicholas Battiste and Judy Battiste. Her father Nick taught high school English for more than forty years and also coached wrestling, track & field, and football. Similarly, her mother Judy is a retired high school special education teacher. She grew up in a small, rural town in Amish country with her little brother named Brandon Battiste.

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?Happy Mother’s Day to my beautiful, strong, loyal and wise mother. ??❤️She’s given my brother and me a wonderful and joy-filled life. She often put surprise notes of encouragement and love in my packed school lunches growing up ? She is a loving wife to my dad- and has been his rock. She devoted her work to teaching and caring for special needs students for forty years. I admire, respect and lover her tremendously. Love you, Mom.????❤️???‍?‍?‍?

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Battiste belongs to mixed ethnicity. She is of Italian, Polish, Slovak and German descent from her family side. Her paternal grandfather was Italian, who was a coal miner, and her Polish grandmother used to work in a garment factory.

Education, Height

Nikki attended Newport High School in Newport, Pennsylvania. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

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#tbt to my @pennfieldhockey days. They were some of the best…with some of the most amazing women and teammates… miss it. ❤️?❤️?#11 #forward #fieldhockey #captain #upenn #franklinfield #chickswithsticks #athlete #strongwomen

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While at the University of Pennsylvania, she was the co-captain of their Division I Field Hockey team.

Her Career; NBC, ABC News, CBS News

Nikki began her career at NBC News Page in 2002, working as a production team on “Saturday Night Live” and “Today” for three years. Moreover, she worked as a production associate at “Today.”

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In 2007, she joined ABC News and started working as an editorial producer. She co-produced numerous “20/20” specials and investigative reports. For more than six years, she worked as producer and reporter of ABC News based in New York. There, she covered numerous breaking news and feature stories for all platforms including “Good Morning America,” “World News Tonight,” “Nightline,” “20/20” and ABCNews.com.

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We are live on @cbsnlive with the latest on the shooting in El Paso, Texas. An incredibly tragic day. Please tune in on your @cbsnews app or on cbsnews.com for our 24/7 coverage. Our thoughts to the El Paso community. ❤️

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In 2017, Battiste joined CBS News as a freelance correspondent for CBS Newspath. She has reported and written several stories for the “CBS News Evening News” series “Eye on America.” In 2018, she became a CBS News correspondent based in New York.

Her Married Life; Husband, Wedding

Nikki is now married to her longterm love Dean Simpson for more than three years. The duo exchanged the wedding vows on 5 September 2016 at Oheka Castle in Huntington, New York. On the wedding day, she rode into their cocktail hour on a horse.

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They first met through a mutual friend in December 2011. Later, they met again in New York City at the Standard Hotel’s Biergarten in 2012. The duo started dating and after two years, Dean proposed to her on 18 May 2014.

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Happily danced into marriage with my favorite person @drs6 on this day in 2016 (with a choreographed waltz-salsa-hip hop mashup, thank you very much! ????). Dean just reminded me that exactly this time three years ago we were still dancing at @ohekacastle ❤️ ?Marrying him was my best decision. ? @dweissstudio (This is also an excuse for me to post a million wedding photos ??‍♀️) Dean and I aren’t together today because I’m in the Bahamas covering Hurricane Dorian devastation…but the silver lining is this: nothing is a better reminder of the power and importance of family, life partners, friends and love than the remarkably brave people my @cbsnews colleagues and I have met here – and the stories they have shared with us about survival and loss… and their unwavering devotion to saving, protecting, helping and searching for loved ones- in the Bahamas. Thank you to my husband for supporting me always in my work… for understanding when I have to hop on planes without notice…and for encouraging me to be me. I’m lucky. #love #marriage #family #itsthesimplethingsinlife

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Dean is a UEFA licensed Chief Program Officer at Super Soccer Stars, a youth soccer development program in New York. A native of Wales, he graduated with a Sports Management Degree from the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff in 2002. He moved to New York to work as a soccer coach in 2004.

Welcomed A Baby In 2019

Nikki announced that she is expecting a baby with her husband through her Instagram in January 2020. She gave birth to a healthy baby boy named Beau Nicholas Battiste-Simpson at NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center Emergency Department on 13 May 2020.

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Two weeks old. First hike. Those cheeks. Heart exploding. ❤️??❤️?? #baby #beaunicholas #welshamerican #boymom

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As of now, the family of three resides in New York City.

Some Interesting Facts About Nikki Battiste

• Nikki is the recipient of numerous awards such as Emmy, Edward R Murrow and CINE Golden Eagle awards, and a Peabody, Deadline and Front Page award.
• When not working, she loves horse riding, traveling, dancing, and jumping out of a plane.
• She was a keynote speaker for the 20th Touchstone Awards Ceremony at The Toledo Club on 16 October 2019.