Education
Haverford College.
Haverford College.
He has also reported for The Today Show and National Broadcasting Company Nightly News with Brian Williams. Before moving to National Broadcasting Company, Mankiewicz worked as a producer and reporter for American Broadcasting Company News. Although he has covered a wide variety of stories, he may be best known for his Dateline National Broadcasting Company report on the Atkins Diet.
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. Mankiewicz is the son of Holly (née Jolley) and Frank Mankiewicz.
Mankiewicz" father was Robert F. Kennedy"s press secretary. 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 weekend host Ben Mankiewicz.
He was also a cousin of screen writer Tom Mankiewicz. Mankiewicz is a 1977 graduate of Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia.