Josh Mankiewicz is a Dateline NBC correspondent based in Los Angeles.  He began reporting for Dateline in February 1995, and since then, he has contributed a mix of breaking news stories, news analysis, investigative reports and clever features to the broadcast.

Over the last year, Mankiewicz has reported on a variety of stories for the newsmagazine, including updates on both the O.J. Simpson case and Jon Benet Ramsey investigation. 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, the mysterious mental disorder known as Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy, the story of John Walker Lindh, the American who joined the Taliban, and numerous aspects of airline and airport safety and security.

Twitter: @JoshMankiewicz