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 in English Literature. In 1967 Mitchell became a reporter for KYW Radio and TV in Philadelphia. She joined the CBS subsidiary WDVM-TV (then WTOP) in Washington DC in 1976. Then, she became a Washington general correspondent with NBC News two years later. In 1981 began covering the White House and became chief of the congressional reporter in 1988. She was named the Chief White House reporter in 1992, and chief Foreign Affairs correspondent at NBC News. Mitchell is a regular on the TV news show Meet the Press as a panelist as well as host. Mitchell was a panelist in the presidential debates in 1988 between George Bush and Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is married to Alan Greenspan former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. In 2005, Mitchell received the highly coveted 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 by awarding her the Leonard Zeidenberg Award for her contributions to the protection and protection of First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell began reporting on for the White House in 1981-1988 for NBC News during Ronald Reagan's second term as president. She covered many notable stories including arms control, taxes on the budget, as well as the Iran Contra scandal. She also traveled to numerous summits in the company of the president Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.