After graduating from
Ohio State University (where he was on the baseball team) and then
Boston University, Mattingly found work at
The Lima News and then with
Congressional Quarterly in 2007, as an economic and financial affairs reporter covering the banking committees and the financial crisis. In 2010, Mattingly joined
Bloomberg News where he served as a Finance and Economics Reporter and helped lead Bloomberg's coverage of the federal response to the financial crisis. In 2012, Mattingly was named as a Justice Department correspondent. In 2013, he was named as a White House correspondent covering the
Obama administration. After a stint at the White House, Mattingly was named as Bloomberg's national political correspondent, covering the politics and policies behind the 2016 presidential campaigns. In December 2015, Mattingly was hired by CNN as a New York City-based correspondent. He spent 2016 on the campaign trail covering Republican presidential candidates
Chris Christie,
John Kasich and
Donald Trump. His work included a series of investigative pieces into Trump's business history, finances and taxes. He was subsequently promoted to Senior White House correspondent for the incoming
Biden administration on January 11, 2021. He succeeded
Kaitlan Collins as CNN's Chief White House correspondent in November 2022 when Collins moved to
CNN This Morning and succeeded Collins again as a co-anchor of
This Morning in August 2023.
CNN This Morning was cancelled in February 2024; CNN CEO
Mark Thompson stated that Mattingly would retain a New York-based position. On February 28, 2024, CNN named Mattingly as the network's new chief domestic correspondent. He was once again assigned to cover Donald Trump's
presidential campaign, and also covered special political events such as the 2024 nominating conventions. == Personal life ==