Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell is a Washington D.C.-based American TV journalist, anchor and anchor and. Mitchell graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a diploma from the department of English literature. Mitchell began her career with KYW Radio and TV as an Philadelphia reporter in 1967. She joined the CBS subsidiary WDVM-TV (then WTOP) in Washington DC in 1976. In Washington she was made general correspondent for NBC News two year later. 1981 was the year she began reporting on at the White House, and in 1988 she was appointed the chief congressional Correspondent. Mitchell was appointed chief White House reporter in 1992 as well as the chief Foreign Affairs reporter at NBC News. Mitchell has been a panelist as well as presenter of the TV program Meet the Press. 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 awarded the Goldsmith Career Award in 2005 by the John F. Kennedy School of Government for excellence in the field of journalism. In 2004, The Radio-Television News Directors Association gave Mitchell the Leonard Zeidenberg Award to recognize for her work in protecting First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell covered for the White House first for NBC News between 1981 and 1988, during Ronald Reagan's two terms as president. Mitchell covered a range of notable stories, including weapons control, the budget tax reform, and the Iran-contra scandal and was frequently together with President Reagan to meetings alongside Mikhail Gorbachev and other world heads.