Josh Mankiewicz

Journalist

Birthday August 27, 1955

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Berkeley, California, U.S.

Age 68 years old

Nationality United States

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1925

Mankiewicz is the son of Holly ( Jolley; 1925–2019) and Frank Mankiewicz (1924-2014).

Mankiewicz's father was Robert F. Kennedy's press secretary.

His father was Jewish and his mother was raised Mormon but left the church.

She worked with the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP.

He is the grandson of famed screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz and grand-nephew of screenwriter, producer and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

He is the older brother of radio personality and Turner Classic Movies prime-time host Ben Mankiewicz.

He is a cousin of screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz and of filmmaker/television producer Nick Davis.

1955

Joshua Paul "Josh" Mankiewicz (born August 27, 1955) is an American journalist, who has been reporting for Dateline NBC since 1995.

He has reported for The Today Show and NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, and Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly.

Before moving to NBC, Mankiewicz worked as a producer and reporter for ABC News.

Although he has covered a wide variety of stories, he may be best known for his Dateline NBC report on the Atkins Diet.

In the piece, he showed his personal progress on the diet, losing upwards of 47 pounds (21 kilograms).

1977

Mankiewicz is a 1977 graduate of Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia.

2006

In 2006, in addition to his work as a correspondent, he was featured in "The Mank Blog", an irreverent look at what people are talking about online.

2016

Mankiewicz married Anh Tu Dang in 2016.