Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell (born in New York City) is a American TV reporter, journalist and anchor for NBC News based at Washington D.C. Mitchell holds a bachelor's degree in English language and culture from University of Pennsylvania. Mitchell began her career as a reporter for KYW Radio and TV, Philadelphia in 1967. 1976 Mitchell joined WDVM-TV Washington DC, a CBS-affiliated station (then WTOP). In Washington she was made general correspondent for NBC News two year later. The year 1980 marked the beginning of her coverage of the White House. 1988 became the main congressional reporter. Then, in 1992 she was appointed chief White House Correspondent and in 1994 was appointed chief foreign affairs reporter for NBC News. Mitchell hosted and was an expert panelist on the TV show Meet the Press. Mitchell was a panelist at the debate in 1988 among George Bush & Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is married with Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. In 2005 Mitchell was awarded 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 by awarding her the Leonard Zeidenberg Award for her work in the defense of First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell first covered in the White House for NBC News from 1981 to 1988, during both Ronald Reagan's terms as President. Mitchell has reported on a variety of notable stories over the years, including the tax reforms, budget reforms and The Iran Contra affair. Mitchell traveled extensively along with Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev to world summits.