Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell (born in New York City) is an American TV reporter, journalist and anchor for NBC News based at Washington D.C. Mitchell holds a bachelor's degree in English language and culture from University of Pennsylvania. In the year 1967, Mitchell became a reporter for KYW Radio and TV in Philadelphia. In 1976 she became a CBS affiliate WDVM-TV. (then WTOP in Washington DC). Within two years she joined NBC News as a Washington correspondent. From 1981 onwards she began covering the White House. In 1988 she was named the chief reporter for Congress. In 1992, she was named Chief White House Correspondent and in 1994 chief foreign affairs reporter of NBC News. Mitchell was a panelist on the TV program Meet the Press and also was the host for the program. She was on the panel during 1988's presidential debates, which pitted George Bush against Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is married to Alan Greenspan a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell was awarded numerous honors in journalism, among them her Goldsmith Career Award from John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2005. She was also honored with the Leonard Zeidenberg Award by Radio-Television News Directors Association in 2004. Mitchell began reporting on the White House in 1981-1988, both during Ronald Reagan's presidency. Mitchell covered a range of notable stories, including arms control the budget tax reform and the Iran-contra scandal. She also traveled extensively along with the president Reagan to summits with Mikhail Gorbachev and other world leaders.