Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell, an American journalist and commentator, who works with NBC News in Washington D.C. She is also a television anchor. She graduated with an undergraduate degree in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania after growing as a child in New York City. Mitchell was recruited as a reporter at KYW Radio and TV Philadelphia in the year 1967. In 1976, she was a CBS affiliate WDVM-TV. (then WTOP in Washington DC). Within two years she was hired by NBC News as a Washington reporter. 1980 began her coverage of the White House. 1988 became the principal journalist for Congress. Mitchell was appointed Chief White House reporter in 1992 as well as chief foreign affairs reporter at NBC News. Mitchell was a guest in the TV news show Meet the Press as a panelist and host. Mitchell was a part of the panel at 1988 presidential debates between George Bush, and Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is married with 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 to recognize her excellence in the field of journalism. In 2004, The Radio-Television News Directors Association gave Mitchell the Leonard Zeidenberg Award to recognize of her contribution to defending First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell began covering the White House in 1981-1988, and during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Her coverage included a variety of crucial stories such as the Iran-contra scandal, the tax reform and the budget, as well as the arms control. Mitchell traveled extensively together with President Reagan to meet along with Mikhail Gorbachev.