Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell is an American TV journalist anchor and commentary anchor for NBC News based in Washington D.C. After growing up in New York City, Mitchell received a degree in English literature from The University of Pennsylvania. In the year 1967, Mitchell became a reporter for KYW Radio and TV in Philadelphia. In 1976, she joined CBS-affiliated WDVM-TV in Washington DC (then WTOP). She became a Washington general correspondent for NBC News two years later. The year 1980 marked the beginning of her coverage of the White House. 1988 became the chief congressional journalist. Mitchell was appointed chief White House reporter in 1992 as well as the chief Foreign Affairs reporter for NBC News. Mitchell has been a panelist, as well as anchor of the TV program Meet the Press. She served on a panel for the 1988 debates between George Bush (then president) and Michael Dukakis. Mitchell was married Alan Greenspan the former chairman of Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell won the Goldsmith Career Award in Journalism in 2005 from the John F. Kennedy School of Government. The Radio-Television News Directors Association awarded Mitchell Leonard Zeidenberg the award in 2004 for her role to protect First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell's initial White House coverage was for NBC News, between 1981-1988. The time span covered the two Ronald Reagan terms in office. She reported on a variety of noteworthy stories including arms control the budget tax reform and the Iran-contra scandal. Mitchell was frequently with the president Reagan to meetings alongside Mikhail Gorbachev and other world leaders.