Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell is a Washington D.C.-based American TV journalist, anchor and anchor and. Mitchell graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a master's degree of English literature. Mitchell began her professional career as a journalist at KYW Radio and TV, Philadelphia in 1967. In 1976, Mitchell joined WDVM-TV Washington DC, a CBS-affiliated station (then WTOP). She was promoted to Washington general reporter with NBC News two years later. In 1981 she started reporting from the White House. In 1988 she was named the chief reporter for Congress. She became Chief White House reporter in 1992 as well as chief foreign affairs reporter for NBC News. Mitchell has been a panelist, as well as host of the TV program Meet the Press. Mitchell also participated as a panelist in the debate in 1988 among George Bush & Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is the wife of Alan Greenspan a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell was awarded in 2005 the Goldsmith Career Award in Journalism at The John F. Kennedy School of Government. And in 2004, Radio-Television News Directors Association, (RTNDA), honored Mitchell for her contribution in the defense of First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell began reporting on in the White House in 1981-1988, in both the Reagan presidency. Mitchell reported on a variety of noteworthy stories, such as the Iran-Contra scandal, the tax reforms to the budget as well as arms control. She traveled together with Ronald Reagan many times to summits and debate matters such as the Iran Contra scandal.