Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell, an American journalist and commentator who works for NBC News in Washington D.C. she is a TV anchor. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at the University of Pennsylvania after growing up in New York City. Mitchell was employed as a reporter by KYW Radio and TV Philadelphia in 1967. In 1976, she joined the CBS-affiliated WDVM-TV in Washington DC (then WTOP). In the following two years, she was hired by NBC News as a Washington correspondent. Beginning in 1981, she began covering the White House and became chief of the congressional reporter in 1988. Mitchell was named the chief White House correspondent by NBC News in 1992. Mitchell was a panelist on the TV show Meet the Press and also hosted the program. Mitchell joined the panel of the 1988 presidential debates in which George Bush against Michael Dukakis. Mitchell married Alan Greenspan the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. In 2005, Mitchell received the prestigious Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism from the John F. Kennedy School of Government as well as in 2004 the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) honored Mitchell with the Leonard Zeidenberg Award in recognition of her contributions to the protection and protection of First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell's initial White House coverage was for NBC News, between 1981-1988. It was a time when both Ronald Reagan terms in office. Mitchell covered a range of notable stories, including weapons control, the budget tax reform and the Iran-contra scandal. She also was frequently together with President Reagan for summits with Mikhail Gorbachev and other world heads.