Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell (born in New York City) is an American TV reporter, journalist and anchor of NBC News based at Washington D.C. Mitchell holds a bachelor's degree in English language from the University of Pennsylvania. Mitchell was employed as a reporter by KYW Radio and TV Philadelphia in the year 1967. In 1976 she was a part of the CBS-affiliate WDVM-TV in Washington DC (then WTOP). She was hired by NBC News Washington two years later as a general reporter. The year 1981 saw her begin covering the White House and became chief congressional correspondent in 1988. Then, in 1992 she was appointed chief White House Correspondent and in 1994 chief foreign affairs reporter for NBC News. Mitchell was host and panelists on the TV show Meet the Press. She served as 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. Mitchell won the Goldsmith Career Award in Journalism in 2005 from the John F. Kennedy School of Government. The Radio-Television News Directors Association awarded Mitchell Leonard Zeidenberg the award in 2004 for her work to protect First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell began covering for the White House for NBC News from 1981 to 1988, during both Ronald Reagan's terms as President. She has covered several notable stories over the years, such as the tax reforms, budget reforms, and the Iran Contra saga. She traveled extensively together with Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev to world summits.