Nikki DeMentri Biography
Nikki DeMentri joined the WKBW team in June 2018 as a multimedia journalist. Hailing from a small town, this Jersey girl is thrilled to be living in Western New York after attending Syracuse University.
Nicole first fell in love with storytelling through dance and telling stories on the stage. She followed her passion for broadcast to the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. At school, she reported, anchored and executive produced for SU’s student station, CitrusTV, as well as reported and anchored for a live weekly morning show, “Morning’s On The Hill.”
Nicole had the opportunity to intern in local, national and international newsrooms during her studies including at MSNBC, the NBC Investigative Unit, WSTM-TV, The Week UK, Bloomberg News, and NBC Specials. Throughout college, Nicole also a freelance reporter for her hometown newspapers, Community News Service.
Nikki DeMentri Age
Nikki DeMentri joined the WKBW team in June 2018 as a multimedia journalist. Hailing from a small town, this Jersey girl is thrilled to be living in Western New York after attending Syracuse University. She was born on March 22 .1996, Nikki Dementri is 23 years old as of 2019.
Nikki DeMentri Family
She was born to her parents, Vince DeMentri(father) and Pat James DeMentri. His parents later separated with a divorce. Though Vince gave no particular reason behind the divorce with his wife, it was said that the cause of their split was Vince’s affair with a married colleague, Lori Delgado.
According to an article published by Dailymail on 14 November 2008, Vince still stalked his ex-lover, Lori, after the pair broke up after a half-year-long relationship. Nikki followed her passion for broadcast to the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Nikki DeMentri Husband
Nikki is excited to get to know and love the Buffalo community. Whenever she’s not in the newsroom, it’s a safe bet you can find her in a dance class, traveling or exploring new restaurants. She has not shared information about her dating life, but the details are still under review and will soon be posted.
Nikki DeMentri Net Worth
DeMentri joined the WKBW team in June 2018 as a multimedia journalist. Hailing from a small town, this Jersey girl is thrilled to be living in Western New York after attending Syracuse University. His estimated Net Worth as of 2019 is under review and will be updated soon.
Nikki DeMentri Articles
Neighbors in Town of Tonawanda speak out against transforming Brighton Pool
wkbw.com — TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Michelle Boctor learned how to swim at Brighton Pool years ago, but this staple may soon be transformed into an ice arena instead.
Last month, Town of Tonawanda leaders discussed a project that would turn the pool into an ice arena, adding a splash pad next to it.
“We feel that we pay enough taxes in this area that we deserve to keep a pool. We don’t want to lose a pool and just have a splash pad,” Boctor said. 11 DAYS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?
Hundreds across WNY protest migrant facilities
wkbw.com — (WKBW) — Three vigils and three cities in Rochester, Batavia and Buffalo. The demonstrations in Western New York were just some of hundreds of protests across the country Friday night.
Each city participating in “Lights for Liberty” – -a movement to immediately end migrant detention centers in the U.S. “It doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat, Republican or neither one.
These are children and we are human beings, so what happened to our compassion?” Batavia protester, Reverend Darla Bair, said. 16 DAYS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?
Grieving family continues the conversation around mental health
wkbw.com — HAMBURG, N.Y. (WKBW) — Bill Benedict is still living a nightmare, trying to find words after his son Matthew died by suicide last week.
“He knew that I loved him, but it wasn’t enough,” Bill said. He continued, “That was the worst phone call that I could have ever received.” Matthew was just 26-years-old. He was a UB Law student interning his summer at a Buffalo firm.
Nikki DeMentri Ch. 7
Ch. 7 names new reporters from Syracuse journalism program, retains Thornburg, DeMentri
Western New York news viewers will soon be seeing a trio of new reporters on WKBW-TV (Channel 7) who just graduated from Syracuse University.
Meanwhile, two members of last year’s class of a partnership between the station’s owner and Syracuse will continue at the station after their year in the program is over.
Rebecca Thornburg and Nikki DeMentri will remain in the Channel 7 newsroom as full-time multimedia journalists (MMJs).
They were part of the Journalism Career Program (JCP) between E.W. Scripps, Channel 7’s owner, and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in which Syracuse graduates work at a Scripps station for a year to get experience as broadcast journalists.
A third member of the class, James Groh, is becoming the first digital MMJ at a station in Milwaukee, WTMJ. A fourth member of the class, Sean Robson, is pursuing a career in social media and marketing in New York City.
Western New York news viewers will soon be seeing a trio of new reporters on WKBW-TV (Channel 7) who just graduated from Syracuse University.
Meanwhile, two members of last year’s class of a partnership between the station’s owner and Syracuse will continue at the station after their year in the program is over.
Rebecca Thornburg and Nikki DeMentri will remain in the Channel 7 newsroom as full-time multimedia journalists (MMJs). They were part of the Journalism Career Program (JCP) between E.W. Scripps, Channel 7’s owner, and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in which Syracuse graduates work at a Scripps station for a year to get experience as broadcast journalists.
A third member of the class, James Groh, is becoming the first digital MMJ at a station in Milwaukee, WTMJ. A fourth member of the class, Sean Robson, is pursuing a career in social media and marketing in New York City.
The hiring of Thornburg and DeMentri brings to three the number of Syracuse graduates in the JCP who remain at Channel 7. They join Jeff Slawson. Another JCP graduate, Josh Bazan, stayed at Channel 7 before leaving for Scripps’ sister station in Cincinnati.
he news of the hiring of Thornburg and DeMentri comes as the station plans to welcome the fourth class of the JCP from Syracuse. They start on June 17. The three MMJs joining the station for the yearlong program are Olivia Proia from Youngstown, Ohio, Taylor Epps from South Jersey and Gilat Melamed from Queens. The fourth member of the class is Jeddy Johnson, a digital MMJ from Stamford, Conn.
“We continue to be incredibly impressed by the quality of the graduates from The Newhouse School at Syracuse University,” said Michael Nurse, vice president, and general manager, in a Channel 7 release. “This Journalism Career Program (JCP) continues to be a tremendous asset for both WKBW and Scripps.”
“We know trustworthy journalism is more important than ever before,” said Channel 7 News Director Rob Heverling in the same release. “So, it’s a great opportunity for our newsroom team to help our JCPs develop into standout journalists. Each of our four incoming JCPs has remarkable potential.
It’s exciting that our newsroom team is growing! We get to keep two of our current JCPs who have spent the last 12 months developing into solid reporters. Rebecca and Nikki have shown tremendous growth. They are making an impact covering important and meaningful stories here in Western New York. We are thrilled they have accepted offers to stay with 7 Eyewitness News.”