Josh Mankiewicz is a correspondent for Dateline NBC, the longest running primetime show in NBC history. He began reporting for the newsmagazine in February 1995, and since then, he has contributed a mix of breaking news stories, news analysis, investigative reports to the broadcast.
Mankiewicz has reported on a variety of stories for the newsmagazine, including the 25th anniversary of the O.J. Simpson bronco chase, the Jonestown massacre, and Jon Benet Ramsey investigation. Mankiewicz also championed an examination into television news' coverage of high-profile missing person cases and the role race plays in story selection, making Dateline the first network news program to take on the controversial issue. Mankiewicz has reported a number of #1 podcasts for the Dateline NBC franchise, including Internal Affairs, Dateline: Missing in America, Motive for Murder, Mortal Sin, and most recently, Deadly Mirage. Additionally, he was a part of Dateline’s 2019 induction into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame.
During his time with NBC News, Mankiewicz has covered a wide range of stories, including Hurricane Katrina, the 1996 and 2000 presidential campaigns, the terrorist takeover of Japan’s embassy in Lima, Peru and the trial of Michael Jackson’s cardiologist, Conrad Murray. Additionally, Mankiewicz has investigated America's most dangerous roads, the death of entertainment legend Johnny Carson, and the disappearance of Robyn Gardner, the Maryland woman who vanished after taking a snorkeling trip with a friend. He has also profiled Marcia Clark, Pastor Rick Warren, Janet Jackson, Kim Cattrall, Michael Flatley and Haley Joel Osment.
Prior to joining Dateline, Mankiewicz served as a correspondent for Fox Broadcasting Company's newsmagazine Front Page. Before he joined Fox Broadcasting, Mankiewicz was a political reporter for KCAL-TV, Los Angeles from 1991 to 1993. There he covered all elections and state and local politics.
Mankiewicz also worked as political correspondent for WCBS-TV, New York where he covered local, state and national elections from 1986 to 1991. While he was there, he was a regular contributor to the station's weekly political magazine broadcast, Sunday Edition.