Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell, an American journalist and a commentator working with NBC News in Washington D.C., is a television anchor. She graduated with an Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature at the University of Pennsylvania after growing as a child in New York City. Mitchell began her professional career as a journalist for KYW Radio and TV, Philadelphia in 1967. Mitchell joined CBS subsidiary WDVM-TV (then WTOP) in Washington DC in 1976. After two years, she was hired by NBC News as a Washington reporter. She began to cover the White House in 1981 and was promoted to chief congressional correspondent by 1988. In 1992, she was made chief White House Correspondent and in 1994 was appointed chief foreign affairs reporter for NBC News. Mitchell was host and a panelist at 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 to Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. In 2005, Mitchell received the highly coveted Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and, in 2004, she was awarded the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) presented Mitchell by awarding her the Leonard Zeidenberg Award in recognition of her work in the defense of First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell began covering in the White House in 1981-1988, in both the Reagan presidency. Mitchell was a reporter on a range of important stories including the Iran Contra scandal, budget tax reforms and the arms control. Mitchell travelled with Reagan on numerous occasions to meet with Reagan several times to attend summits and discuss matters including and the Iran Contra scandal.