Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell, an American journalist and commentator who works for NBC News in Washington D.C., is a television anchor. She earned an Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature at the University of Pennsylvania after growing to be a part of New York City. Mitchell began her career in the field of radio and television reporter for Philadelphia, KYW Radio and TV. She joined the CBS subsidiary WDVM-TV (then WTOP) in Washington DC in 1976. She joined NBC News Washington two years later as an general reporter. She started covering the White House in 1981 and was appointed chief congressional correspondent in 1988. Mitchell became the chief White House reporter in 1992, and chief Foreign Affairs reporter for NBC News. Mitchell has appeared as a host and panelist in the TV news program Meet the Press. Mitchell was a panelist in the presidential debates in 1988 in the debate between George Bush and Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is the spouse of Alan Greenspan who was former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell won the Goldsmith Career Award in Journalism in 2005, which was awarded by the John F. Kennedy School of Government. The Radio-Television News Directors Association awarded Mitchell Leonard Zeidenberg Award in 2004 for her work to protect First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell covered the White House first for NBC News between 1981 and 1988 during Ronald Reagan's two terms as president. Mitchell was a reporter on a range of noteworthy stories, such as the Iran-Contra scandal, fiscal tax reforms, and arms control. She traveled together with Reagan on numerous occasions to meet with Reagan several times to attend summits and discuss issues such as the Iran Contra scandal.