Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell, an American journalist and a commentator working for NBC News in Washington D.C., is a television anchor. Mitchell graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania after growing up in New York City. Mitchell began her career as reporter for TV and radio within Philadelphia, KYW Radio and TV. Mitchell was hired by the CBS subsidiary WDVM-TV (then WTOP) in Washington DC in 1976. In Washington the following year, she was appointed general correspondent by NBC News a year later. In 1981 began reporting on the White House and became chief congressional correspondent in 1988. She was promoted to the Chief White House reporter in 1992, and chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News. Mitchell was a panelist on the TV show Meet the Press and also hosted the show. Mitchell joined the panel during 1988's presidential debates, which pitted George Bush against Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is the wife of 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 journalism. In 2004 The Radio-Television News Directors Association gave Mitchell the Leonard Zeidenberg Award in recognition of her contribution to the protection of First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell began covering for the White House for NBC News between 1981 and 1988, during both Ronald Reagan's terms as President. Mitchell reported on a wide range of interesting stories such as weapons control, the budget tax reform and the Iran-contra scandal. She also visited extensively along with the president Reagan to meetings along with Mikhail Gorbachev and other world heads.