About Me
From fifty years, my job has been to tell compelling, socially important stories–first as a newsmagazine reporter and editor, then as a TV news executive, and now as an on-air correspondent and author of narrative nonfiction books.
Mark Whitaker
Author. Journalist. Speaker.
I worked for 30 years at Newsweek, rising to become the magazine’s top editor. After that, I spent five years in television news, as Washington bureau chief for NBC and Managing Editor of CNN. Since then, I’ve been writing books and contributing stories to CBS Sunday Morning. I also serve on the jury for the Peabody Awards and am an avid cook, golfer and jazz fan.
Career Highlights
- Writing the Newsweek cover story on Nelson Mandela’s release from prison.
- Winning the National Magazine Award for Newsweek’s coverage of 9/11.
- Reporting an Emmy-winning story for CBS Sunday Morning about my great grandfather, who was born a slave in Texas before Juneteenth.
