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 diploma from the department of English Literature. Mitchell began her career as journalist for television and radio working in Philadelphia, KYW Radio and TV. She was then a reporter for the CBS affiliate WDVM-TV, (then WTOP) which was based situated in Washington DC. She became a Washington general reporter to NBC News two years later. In 1981 she began to report on the White House. In 1988, she became the chief of the congressional reporters. She was appointed chief congressional correspondent in the year 1992. became the chief White House Correspondent and in 1994 was appointed chief foreign affairs reporter at NBC News. Mitchell appeared as both a host as well as a panelist on the TV news program Meet the Press. She also served as a panelist in the 1988 presidential debates involving George Bush and Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is married to Alan Greenspan who was the former chairman for Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell was awarded the Goldsmith Career Award in 2005 by the John F. Kennedy School of Government to recognize her excellence in journalism. In 2004 it was the year that Radio-Television News Directors Association gave Mitchell the Leonard Zeidenberg Award in recognition of her contributions to protecting First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell initially covered the White House for NBC News from 1981 to 1988 throughout both the terms of President Ronald Reagan. Mitchell reported on many noteworthy stories such as arms control, taxes on the budget, as well as the Iran Contra scandal. She also traveled to various summits while in the company of President Reagan with Mikhail Gorbachev.