Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell, an American journalist and a commentator working as a commentator for NBC News in Washington D.C. She is also a television anchor. She earned an undergraduate degree in English Literature at the University of Pennsylvania after growing up in New York City. Mitchell joined KYW Radio and TV as the Philadelphia reporter in 1967. In 1976 she joined the CBS affiliate WDVM-TV. (then WTOP in Washington DC). The following year, she was a general reporter for NBC News in Washington. In 1981 began covering the White House and became chief of the congressional reporter in 1988. She was made as the head White House correspondent by NBC News in 1992. Mitchell has appeared as the host and panelist for the TV news show Meet the Press. She was on the panel in 1988's presidential debates in which George Bush against Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is married to Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell received the Goldsmith Career Award in Journalism in 2005 from the John F. Kennedy School of Government. The Radio-Television News Directors Association awarded Mitchell Leonard Zeidenberg the award in 2004 to recognize her efforts in protecting First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell began reporting on in the White House in 1981-1988, and during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. She covered a wide range of notable stories, including arms control the budget tax reform as well as the Iran-contra scandal. Mitchell traveled extensively with the president Reagan for summits together with Mikhail Gorbachev and other world heads.