Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell is an American television journalist anchor and commentary anchor for NBC News based in Washington D.C. Growing up within New York City, Mitchell received a degree in English literature at the University of Pennsylvania. Mitchell was hired by KYW Radio and TV as the Philadelphia reporter in the year 1967. She was a reporter for the CBS station WDVM-TV (then WTOP) in Washington DC in 1976. Two years later she became a general reporter for NBC News in Washington. In 1980, she began covering the White House. 1988 became the chief congressional journalist. Mitchell was appointed Chief White House correspondent in 1992. And chief foreign affairs Correspondent for NBC News. Mitchell participated on the TV show Meet the Press and also was the host for the program. Mitchell also participated as a panelist in the 1988 debates between George Bush & Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is the wife of Alan Greenspan former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell received the Goldsmith Career Award in 2005 by the John F. Kennedy School of Government to honor her achievements in journalism. In 2004 The Radio-Television News Directors Association gave Mitchell the Leonard Zeidenberg Award to recognize of her contributions to protecting First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell was a reporter at in the White House first for NBC News between 1981 and 1988, during Ronald Reagan's two terms as president. She has covered several notable news stories throughout time, including budget reform, tax reform as well as an investigation into the Iran Contra saga. Mitchell traveled extensively together with Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev to world summits.






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