Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell is an American TV journalist anchor and anchor and commentator on NBC News based in Washington D.C. Following a childhood in New York City, Mitchell obtained a bachelor's degree in English literature at The University of Pennsylvania. In 1967 Mitchell was hired as a reporter at KYW Radio and TV in Philadelphia. In 1976, she joined the CBS-affiliated WDVM-TV in Washington DC (then WTOP). Within two years she was hired by NBC News as a Washington correspondent. From 1981 onwards, she began reporting on the White House. In 1988, she became head of the congressional reporters. She was promoted to the chief White House correspondent in 1992 and the chief foreign affairs correspondent of NBC News in 1994. Mitchell hosted and was panelists on the TV show Meet the Press. She was on the panel in the presidential debates in 1988 with George Bush and Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is married to Alan Greenspan former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell has been awarded the Goldsmith Career Award in Journalism in The John F. Kennedy School of Government. Also in 2004 the Radio-Television News Directors Association, (RTNDA) recognized Mitchell for her work to the cause of First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell covered in the White House first for NBC News between the years 1981-88, which was in the two years that Ronald Reagan served as president. Mitchell covered a wide range of noteworthy stories, such as the Iran Contra scandal, budget tax reforms and arms control. Mitchell traveled together with President Ronald Reagan many times to summits and debate issues such as the Iran Contra controversy.






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