Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell is a Washington D.C.-based American TV journalist, anchor and commentator. Mitchell graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a master's degree from the department of English literature. Mitchell was hired as a reporter at KYW Radio and TV Philadelphia in the year 1967. In 1976 she became a CBS affiliate WDVM-TV. (then WTOP in Washington DC). In Washington, she was appointed general correspondent by NBC News two year later. Beginning in 1981, she began reporting on the White House and became chief of the congressional reporter in 1988. Mitchell was promoted to the Chief White House correspondent in 1992. As well as the Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent at NBC News. Mitchell hosted and participated as a panelist at the TV program Meet the Press. Mitchell participated on a panel during the 1988 debates between George Bush & Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is the wife of 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, the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) honored Mitchell with the Leonard Zeidenberg Award in recognition of her work in the defense of First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell reported on for the White House first for NBC News between the years 1981-88, which was between the terms of Ronald Reagan's second term as president. Mitchell covered a wide range of noteworthy stories, such as the Iran-Contra scandal as well as fiscal tax reforms, and arms control. Mitchell traveled with Ronald Reagan several times to summits and debate issues including and the Iran Contra scandal.