Deon J. Hampton

Background

About Deon J. Hampton

NBC News’ top field reporter. I take on the toughest assignments for our news organization. Two-time national award winner. My reporting has taken me to almost every pocket of society while reporting on America’s biggest stories including being the first U.S. journalist to interview the family of the gunman who attempted to assassinate then-former President Donald Trump. I have earned a stellar reputation for my high-profile exclusives on national travel assignments. I've come face-to-face with a mass murderer. Currently, writing on the Trump administration with a focus on higher education. Member of the P. Diddy trial reporting team. I had eleven national exclusives in 2023. Covered the 2024 presidential election from Wisconsin and the 2020 presidential election from Pennsylvania where both races were called. Uncovered nearly 300 Covid-19 deaths inside nursing homes that Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine didn’t want publicly disclosed. My reporting in New York completely dismantled a corrupt town in November of 2017. An investigative series I spearheaded on Long Island resulted in then-New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signing the Zombie House Bill. Part of a four-member team that won two national awards for investigative and local reporting. Have won several other state and local awards in New York and elsewhere. I was the first journalist to report on what became America’s largest E. coli outbreak. Covered the deaths of pop icons Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson. I appear on all NBC networks and platforms. Talents also transferred to broadcast where I occasionally have been a booking and field producer for MSNBC, NBC Nightly News and the Today Show. I’ve written about transportation, water and the American West.