Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell is an American television journalist anchor and commentator for NBC News based in Washington D.C. Following a childhood within New York City, Mitchell graduated with a BA degree in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania. Mitchell began her professional career as a journalist at KYW Radio and TV, Philadelphia in the year 1967. Mitchell joined CBS station WDVM-TV (then WTOP) in Washington DC in 1976. Two years later she became a general correspondent at NBC News in Washington. In 1981 she started reporting on the White House and became chief Congress correspondent in 1988. She was appointed chief congressional correspondent in the year 1992. was named chief White House Correspondent and in 1994 chief foreign affairs reporter in NBC News. Mitchell was a guest in the TV news program Meet the Press as a panelist and host. She was on the panel during the presidential debates in 1988 between George Bush and Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is married to Alan Greenspan former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell was presented with the Goldsmith Career Award in 2005 by the John F. Kennedy School of Government for her outstanding performance in journalism. In 2004 the Radio-Television News Directors Association gave Mitchell the Leonard Zeidenberg Award to recognize of her efforts to protect First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell first covered in the White House for NBC News from 1981-1988 during both of Ronald Reagan's presidency. She reported on a variety of noteworthy stories including weapons control, the tax reform for the budget and the Iran-contra scandal. She also traveled extensively along with the president Reagan to summits with Mikhail Gorbachev and other world leaders.