David Mattingly is a CNN national correspondent based in the network's Atlanta headquarters. Since joining CNN in 1992, Mattingly has covered events across the United States and the world through some of the nation’s most trying moments.
In 2005, Mattingly covered the wrath of Hurricane Katrina, first from the beaches of south Florida and then from the streets of New Orleans' French Quarter. After the city's levees broke, he joined a small fleet of rescue boats as crews pulled residents from flooded homes. He was the first correspondent to report live from New Orleans' elevated highways, where thousands of stranded residents languished for days in the heat. He also reported on the ordeals in St. Bernard Parish and the conditions of the medical evacuation center at the city airport.
Mattingly's reports were among those included in the CNN Katrina coverage that won a George Foster Peabody award.
Mattingly also contributed to the network's award-winning coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks after he cut short a vacation near Shanksville, Penn., to become one of the first reporters to cover the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 from the scene. In February 2003, Mattingly was part of the team of CNN correspondents and anchors that covered the breaking news story of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Mattingly also reported and narrated No Survivors – Why TWA 800 Could Happen Again for CNN Presents.
In addition to coverage stateside, Mattingly has reported from numerous countries, including Vietnam, South Africa and Cuba, on issues ranging from politics, the environment and international business to entertainment. Mattingly has contributed to a number of CNN news magazines including Earth Matters, CNN Presents, The American Edge, The Point, CNN & Fortune, CNN & Entertainment Weekly and CNN Newsstand.
Mattingly has won several national awards for journalism. He has received National Headliner Awards as well as an Emmy Award for his contribution to a CNN Presents program focusing on the Mississippi River floods.
Before joining CNN, Mattingly was a news anchor, reporter and documentary producer at WVTM in Birmingham, Ala.
He earned his bachelor of arts in journalism from the University of Alabama.
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