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 received a degree in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania. Mitchell began her professional career as a journalist for KYW Radio and TV, Philadelphia in the year 1967. 1996, she became a reporter for WDVM-TV Washington DC, a CBS-affiliated station (then WTOP). In Washington she was named general correspondent by NBC News two year later. Beginning in 1981, she began reporting on the White House. In 1988 she became the the chief reporter for Congress. Mitchell was named as the head White House correspondent by NBC News, in 1992. Mitchell was a guest as a guest on TV news show Meet the Press as a host and panelist. Mitchell also participated as a panelist in the 1988 debates with George Bush & Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is married to Alan Greenspan who was former chairman at Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell won the Goldsmith Career Award in Journalism in 2005, which was awarded by the John F. Kennedy School of Government. The Radio-Television News Directors Association awarded Mitchell Leonard Zeidenberg Award in 2004 for her role to protect First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell's first White House coverage was for NBC News, between 1981-1988. This period included the two Ronald Reagan terms in office. Mitchell covered a range of notable stories, including arm control, budget tax reform, and the Iran-contra scandal and was frequently together with the president Reagan to summits together with Mikhail Gorbachev and other world top leaders.