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 by KYW Radio and TV as a Philadelphia reporter in the year 1967. She became a reporter for the CBS affiliate WDVM-TV, (then WTOP), which was based in Washington DC. A few years later, she was a general reporter for NBC News in Washington. She began covering the White House in 1981 and was promoted to chief congressional correspondent in 1988. Mitchell was appointed Chief White House correspondent in 1992. and chief foreign affairs Correspondent for NBC News. Mitchell participated on the TV show Meet the Press and also hosted the program. She was a member of an advisory panel during the 1988 debates between George Bush (then president) as well as Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is the wife of Alan Greenspan former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell was awarded the Goldsmith Career Award in Journalism in 2005 at 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 covered in the White House first for NBC News between 1981 and 1988 between the terms of Ronald Reagan's second term as president. Her coverage included a variety of crucial stories such as the Iran-contra affair, the tax reform and the budget in addition to the arms control. She traveled extensively together with the president Reagan for summits with Mikhail Gorbachev.