Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell works as a reporter for NBC News based out of Washington D.C. Mitchell has an undergraduate degree in English from University of Pennsylvania. Mitchell was hired by KYW Radio and TV as an Philadelphia reporter in 1967. She was then a reporter for the CBS-affiliate WDVM-TV, (then WTOP) and was stationed situated in Washington DC. Within two years she joined NBC News as a Washington reporter. The year 1981 saw her begin working for the White House and became chief congressional correspondent in 1988. Mitchell was appointed Chief White House correspondent in 1992 and chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News in 1994. Mitchell has appeared as an anchor and a panelist on the TV news show Meet the Press. Mitchell was a panelist in the 1988 presidential debates in the debate between George Bush and Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is the wife of Alan Greenspan who was former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. In 2005, Mitchell received the prestigious Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and in 2004 she was awarded the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) presented Mitchell by awarding her the Leonard Zeidenberg Award in recognition of her work in the defense for 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 was a reporter on a range of notable stories, including the Iran Contra scandal, the tax reforms to the budget and arms control. Mitchell travelled along with Reagan on numerous occasions to meet with Reagan on numerous occasions for summits, and to discuss topics like and the Iran Contra controversy.