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 was a CBS affiliate WDVM-TV. (then WTOP in Washington DC). In Washington, she was appointed general correspondent for NBC News two year later. 1980 began her coverage of the White House. 1988 became the main congressional reporter. Then, in 1992 she was made the Chief White House Correspondent and in 1994 chief foreign affairs reporter at NBC News. Mitchell has been a panelist, as well as anchor of the TV program Meet the Press. She was a member of an advisory panel during the 1988 debates between George Bush (then president) as well as Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is married with Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. In 2005, Mitchell was awarded the highly coveted Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and in 2004 the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) presented Mitchell with the Leonard Zeidenberg Award in recognition of her contribution to the protection of First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell was a reporter at in the White House first for NBC News between 1981 and 1988, between the terms of Ronald Reagan's second term as president. Mitchell reported on a variety of notable stories, including the Iran Contra scandal, budget tax reforms and arms control. Mitchell traveled with Reagan on numerous occasions to meet with Reagan on numerous occasions to attend summits and discuss issues including and the Iran Contra controversy.






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