Nick and Kathryn in Washington, D.C. moments after Nick proposed in 2019.

Nick interviewing Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin October 2024

Nick has moderated and has asked questions as a panelist during several live political debates. This picture is from 2024 after Nick helped organize and was a panelist for a WJLA live debate which included the Democratic and Republican candidates running for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District.

Nick and Kathryn enjoy traveling. They have traveled to nearly 50 countries together.

About

Nick Minock is an Emmy award-winning Reporter who works for ABC7-WJLA in Washington, DC.

Nick and Kathryn are both Michigan natives and they met in Washington, D.C. in 2018 at a church gathering. They married in May 2020. Nick and Kathryn enjoy traveling across the country and around the world.

Nick and Kathryn in their home state of Michigan 2021

Nick has won Emmys for Outstanding Talent - Daily News Reporter, Outstanding Business/Consumer News, Outstanding Politics/Government News, and Outstanding News Special in the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Regional Emmy chapter. Nick also won first place in the Associated Press Broadcasters Association for Outstanding News Series in 2023.

Nick has worked as a political reporter, evening news anchor, multi-media journalist, newscast producer, and assignment editor.

Over the years, Nick has worked at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, KBJR-TV and KDLH-TV in Duluth, WWMT-TV in Grand Rapids, WEYI-TV and WSMH-TV in Flint, and WPBN-TV in Traverse City. Many of Nick’s stories have been seen on CNN, CBS News, and Sinclair Broadcast Group’s owned and operated stations across the country.

Nick has covered every kind of story, including disaster response, courts and crime, mass shootings, health issues, veterans issues, foreign affairs, tensions in the Middle East and North Korea, business development and the economy, weather events, political campaigns, agricultural issues, environmental and energy issues, education, transportation, technology, innovation, investigative stories, accountability reporting, and breaking news.

Nick’s reporting that showed how a Superintendent of one of Virginia’s largest school divisions failed to notify the public of student fentanyl overdoses led to a statewide Executive Order issued by Virginia’s Governor to require all Virginia schools to notify parents within 24 hours of a student overdose.

Nick also investigated how several local elected officials spent tens of thousands of tax dollars on sister city trips around the world. The series of investigative stories received attention from viewers and state lawmakers who introduced bills to change state law to protect local tax dollars. Nick’s reporting on how local elected officials used tax dollars on lavish trips also led to a criminal investigation into the elected officials’ conduct.

Nick graduated from St. Cloud State University with a BS in Mass Communications and a BA in Communication Studies. Nick also earned his AA in Liberal Arts from Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College.

Some of Nick’s most notable interviews in his journalism career include:

President Donald Trump (two interviews)
Vice President Mike Pence (three interviews)
Chelsea Clinton
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (two interviews)
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm (four interviews)
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (several interviews)
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (several interviews)
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (several interviews)
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (several interviews)
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin (two interviews)
U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer
Kellyanne Conway
U.S. Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (three interviews)
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson (two interviews)
U.S. Sen. Tina Smith
U.S. Sen. Al Franken (several interviews)
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin
U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan (several interviews)
U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (several interviews)
U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly
U.S. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam
U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton
White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt (two interviews)
SBA Administrator Linda McMahon
Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services
Fmr. U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Pickering
Fmr. U.S. Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning
Ivanka Trump
Gov. Terry McAuliffe
Gov. Glenn Youngkin
Gov. Jim Gilmore
Gov. Doug Wilder
Gov. Sarah Palin
Gov. Rick Snyder (several interviews)
Gov. Mark Dayton (several interviews)
Gov. Rick Perry
Gov. John Kasich
Gov. Nikki Haley
Gov. Scott Walker (several interviews)
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton
U.S. Rep. Don Beyer
U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg
U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden
U.S. Rep. Justin Amash
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (several interviews)
U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (several interviews)
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (several interviews)
U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman (several interviews)
U.S. Rep. John Moolenar
U.S. Rep. Paul Mitchell
U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford (several interviews)
U.S. Rep. Tim Walz
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
RNC Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel (several interviews)
Eric Trump
Donald Trump Jr.
Raj Shah , Principal Deputy White House Press Secretary
Heather Nauert, U.S. Secretary of State Spokesperson
Actress Lily Tomlin
Actress Jane Fonda
AOL CEO Steve Case
Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson
Dozens of State Senators and Legislators across the country