Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell (born in New York City) is an American television journalist, commentator and anchor of NBC News based at Washington D.C. Mitchell holds a bachelor's degree in English language from University of Pennsylvania. Mitchell was recruited as a reporter for KYW Radio and TV Philadelphia in the year 1967. In 1976, she joined the CBS-affiliate WDVM-TV which was based in Washington DC (then WTOP). The following year, she was a general correspondent at NBC News in Washington. She began to cover the White House in 1981 and was named chief correspondent for the congressional office by 1988. She was appointed the chief White House correspondent by NBC News in 1992. Mitchell appeared as both an anchor and a panelist on the TV news show Meet the Press. Mitchell participated on a panel during the 1988 debates between George Bush & Michael Dukakis. Mitchell is the wife of Alan Greenspan former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell was presented with the Goldsmith Career Award in 2005 by the John F. Kennedy School of Government to recognize her excellence in the field of journalism. In 2004, the Radio-Television News Directors Association gave Mitchell the Leonard Zeidenberg Award to recognize of her contribution to defending First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell began reporting on in the White House in 1981-1988, and during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Her reporting included a number of important stories like the Iran-contra affair, the budget and tax reform and also the arms control. She traveled extensively together with the president Reagan to meet with Mikhail Gorbachev.






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