Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell works as a journalist for NBC News based out of Washington D.C. Mitchell has an undergraduate degree in English from University of Pennsylvania. Mitchell began her career as a reporter for KYW Radio and TV, Philadelphia in the year 1967. In 1976, she joined the CBS-affiliate WDVM-TV located in Washington DC (then WTOP). She joined NBC News Washington two years following that as an general reporter. Beginning in 1981, she began reporting on the White House and became chief congressional correspondent in 1988. Mitchell was promoted to the Chief White House correspondent in 1992. As well as the chief foreign affairs Correspondent for NBC News. Mitchell has been a panelist as well as anchor of the TV program Meet the Press. She served as a panelist in the 1988 presidential debates between George Bush and Michael Dukakis. Mitchell got married to Alan Greenspan the former chairman of Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell has been awarded her Goldsmith Career Award in Journalism in The John F. Kennedy School of Government. And in 2004 the Radio-Television News Directors Association, (RTNDA) was honoured Mitchell for her role to the cause of First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell's initial White House coverage was for NBC News, between 1981-1988. This period included both Ronald Reagan terms in office. Her coverage included a variety of significant stories, including the Iran-contra scandal, the tax and budget reforms and also the issue of arms control. She traveled extensively together with President Reagan during summits with Mikhail Gorbachev.