Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell (born in New York City) is a American TV reporter, journalist and anchor of NBC News based at Washington D.C. Mitchell holds a bachelor's degree in English language and culture from University of Pennsylvania. Mitchell began her professional career as a reporter for KYW Radio and TV, Philadelphia in the year 1967. In 1976 she joined the CBS affiliate WDVM-TV. (then WTOP in Washington DC). The following year, she was a general correspondent at NBC News in Washington. In 1981 began reporting on the White House and became chief congressional correspondent in 1988. Mitchell was appointed Chief White House reporter in 1992, and chief Foreign Affairs correspondent at NBC News. Mitchell has appeared as an anchor and a panelist on the TV news program Meet the Press. She was part of the panel during 1988 presidential debates between George Bush, and Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is the wife of Alan Greenspan who was former chairman at Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell was presented with the Goldsmith Career Award in 2005 by the John F. Kennedy School of Government for excellence in the field of journalism. In 2004, in 2004, the Radio-Television News Directors Association gave Mitchell the Leonard Zeidenberg Award in recognition of her contribution to defending First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell began covering for the White House in 1981-1988, both during Ronald Reagan's presidency. Her coverage included a variety of significant stories, including the Iran-contra affair, the tax reform and the budget in addition to the arms control. She traveled widely with the president Reagan for summits with Mikhail Gorbachev.