Joshua Paul "Josh" Mankiewicz (born August 27, 1955) is an American journalist, who has been reporting for ''

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'' since 1995. He has reported for ''

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'' and ''

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'' with

Brian Williams Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an American journalist and television news anchor. He was a correspondent for ''NBC Nightly News'' starting in 1993, before his promotion to anchorman, anchor and managing editor of the broadcast in ...

, and ''

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

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

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

Personal life

Mankiewicz is the son of Holly ( Jolley; 1925–2019) and

Frank Mankiewicz Frank Fabian Mankiewicz II (May 16, 1924 – October 23, 2014) was an American journalist, political adviser, president of National Public Radio, and public relations executive. Life and career Frank Mankiewicz was born in New York City ...

(1924-2014). Mankiewicz's father was

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's press secretary. His father was

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ish and his mother was raised

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but left the church. She worked with the Los Angeles chapter of the

NAACP The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du&nbs ...

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

Joseph L. Mankiewicz Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (; February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. A four-time Academy Award winner, he is best known for his witty and literate dialogue and his preference for voice-over ...

. He is the older brother of radio personality and

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prime-time host Ben Mankiewicz. He is a cousin of screenwriter

Tom Mankiewicz Thomas Frank Mankiewicz (June 1, 1942 – July 31, 2010) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures and television whose credits included ''James Bond'' films and his contributions to ''Superman'' (1978) and the telev ...

and of filmmaker/television producer Nick Davis. Mankiewicz is a 1977 graduate of

Haverford College Haverford College ( ) is a private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Fr ...

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, a suburb of

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. Mankiewicz married Anh Tu Dang in 2016. She is the CEO o
CareWorks Health Services
an in home caregiving agency in Orange county, CA and founder o
Brasstacks LMS

References

External links

*
Josh Mankiewicz biography
at

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* New York Times
One T.S.A. Line Worth the Wait
* OC Weekly

* People Magazine

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