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Nik Hatziefstathiou

(He/Him)
New York, Philadelphia, United States
Covers:  True Crime, Celebrity Exclusives, Courts, Investigative Reports, Untold Stories
Doesn't Cover: Politics, Finance, Health
Chasing Untold Stories + America’s Most Wanted • Founder of One World Society Corp. / ἄnαx computers

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Nik Hatziefstathiou’s Biography

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Nik “Nik the Hat” Hatziefstathiou is a Greek-American entertainment journalist who founded Your Content in 2015. He also worked as an investigative reporter, television producer and talent booker for American Media from 2018 to Sept. 18, 2020. Hatziefstathiou resigned from his position in New York to assume the roles of President, Editor-in-Chief and Chief Content Officer at Original Media full-time.

What was your first job as a journalist?

I worked for David Pecker & Dylan Howard, who introduced me to journalism and “catch-and-kill.”

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I believe once or twice when I was in elementary school. Not sure if it actually worked.

How is social media changing news?

Misinformation galore. Source cesspool.

Investigative Editorial Performance Bonus (Jeff Bezos Coverage)

2019 - Investigative Journalism

Issuer: American Media Inc./National Enquirer Awarded internal corporate bonus for lead investigative coverage, managing high-stakes intelligence, and anchoring the publication's top-selling international scoop.

World Exclusive Breaking News Award (Jayme Closs Case)

2019 - Breaking News Photography & Reporting

Issuer: American Media Inc./Us! Weekly/National Enquirer Recognized with a performance bonus for beating all global media outlets to report that Jayme Closs was alive, while securing exclusive "home of horrors" crime scene photography.

Investigative Journalism Excellence Award (Bill Cosby Trial)

2018 - Legal & Courtroom Reportiny

Issuer: American Media Inc./Us! Weekly/National Enquirer Earned corporate editorial recognition for maintaining a months-long investigative monopoly on the Cosby jury selection and internal deliberations ahead of mainstream national media.

First-to-Report National Breaking News Bonus (Mollie Tibbetts Case)

2018 - National News Reporting

Issuer: American Media Inc. Awarded internal editorial bonus for investigative agility in securing the primary nationwide scoop and breaking core developments of the high-profile missing person case.