Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell, an American journalist and commentator who works as a commentator for NBC News in Washington D.C., is a television anchor. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at the University of Pennsylvania after growing to be a part of New York City. In the year 1967, Mitchell was hired as a reporter at KYW Radio and TV in Philadelphia. Mitchell joined CBS station WDVM-TV (then WTOP) in Washington DC in 1976. Within two years she was hired by NBC News as a Washington correspondent. Beginning in 1981 she began covering the White House. In 1988 she became the head of the congressional reporters. She was made Chief White House correspondent in 1992. and chief foreign affairs Correspondent for NBC News. Mitchell was a panelist as well as anchor of the TV show Meet the Press. Mitchell was a panelist during the presidential debates in 1988 between George Bush and Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is married Alan Greenspan a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell received the Goldsmith Career Award in 2005 by the John F. Kennedy School of Government to recognize her excellence in the field of journalism. In 2004, The Radio-Television News Directors Association gave Mitchell the Leonard Zeidenberg Award in recognition of her contributions to protecting First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell was the first reporter to report on White House stories for NBC News during Ronald Reagan's tenure in office from 1981 to 1988. Mitchell was a reporter on a range of important stories including the Iran Contra scandal, fiscal tax reforms, and arms control. Mitchell traveled along with Ronald Reagan several times for summits, and to discuss matters like that of the Iran Contra controversy.