Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell is an American anchor for a television newscast and a commentary anchor for NBC News based in Washington D.C. Growing up in New York City, Mitchell earned a BA in English literature at the University of Pennsylvania. Mitchell started in the field of radio and television reporter at KYW Radio and TV in Philadelphia, KYW Radio and TV. She became a reporter for the CBS-affiliated WDVM-TV, (then WTOP) located situated in Washington DC. Within two years she was hired by NBC News as a Washington reporter. The year 1980 marked the beginning of her coverage of the White House. 1988 became the chief congressional journalist. In 1992, she was made Chief White House Correspondent and in 1994 chief foreign affairs reporter for NBC News. Mitchell appeared as both an anchor and a panelist on the TV news program Meet the Press. She was on the panel in the presidential debates in 1988 in the debate between George Bush and Michael Dukakis. Mitchell was married Alan Greenspan the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell was awarded the Goldsmith Career Award in 2005 by the John F. Kennedy School of Government for excellence in the field of journalism. In 2004 the Radio-Television News Directors Association gave Mitchell the Leonard Zeidenberg Award to recognize for her work in protecting First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell's first White House coverage was for NBC News, between 1981-1988. The time span covered both Ronald Reagan terms in office. She reported on a variety of noteworthy stories including arm control, budget tax reform as well as the Iran-contra scandal and was frequently with President Reagan for summits with Mikhail Gorbachev and other world leaders.