Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell is an American television anchor, journalist and commentator on NBC News based in Washington D.C. As a child with her family in New York City, Mitchell obtained a bachelor's degree in English literature at The University of Pennsylvania. Mitchell began her career as a journalist with KYW Radio and TV, Philadelphia in the year 1967. She became a reporter for the CBS affiliate WDVM-TV, (then WTOP), which was based in Washington DC. In Washington the following year, she was appointed general correspondent by NBC News a year later. The first time she covered the White House in 1981 and was promoted to chief congressional correspondent by 1988. Mitchell was appointed Chief White House correspondent in 1992 and chief foreign affairs reporter of NBC News in 1994. Mitchell was a presenter and a panelist in the TV news program Meet the Press. She served as a panelist in the debates for president in 1988, between George Bush and Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is the spouse of Alan Greenspan who was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell has been awarded the Goldsmith Career Award in Journalism in 2005 by the John F. Kennedy School of Government. The Radio-Television News Directors Association awarded Mitchell Leonard Zeidenberg Award in 2004 to recognize her efforts to defend First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell first covered for the White House for NBC News between 1981 and 1988 during the entirety of the terms of President Ronald Reagan. Mitchell reported on a variety of notable stories, including the Iran-contra scandal and tax reform. She traveled alongside Ronald Reagan in numerous visits to summits around the world and covered frequently.