Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell, an American journalist and commentator who works for NBC News in Washington D.C. and is a television anchor. She graduated with her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature at the University of Pennsylvania after growing in New York City. Mitchell began her career as a radio and TV reporter working in Philadelphia, KYW Radio and TV. Mitchell joined CBS subsidiary WDVM-TV (then WTOP) in Washington DC in 1976. In Washington she was named general correspondent for NBC News a year later. The first time she covered the White House in 1981 and was named chief correspondent for the congressional office by the year 1988. In 1992, she was named to be the chief White House Correspondent and in 1994, she was named chief foreign affairs reporter for NBC News. Mitchell has appeared as a guest on TV news program Meet the Press as a panelist as well as host. Mitchell was on the panel at the 1988 debate in the 1988 debate between George Bush & Michael Dukakis. Mitchell has a husband, Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Mitchell was awarded the Goldsmith Career Award in Journalism in 2005 by the John F. Kennedy School of Government. The Radio-Television News Directors Association awarded Mitchell Leonard Zeidenberg Award in 2004 to recognize her efforts to protect First Amendment Freedoms. Mitchell began covering in the White House for NBC News between 1981 and 1988, during both Ronald Reagan's presidency. Mitchell covered a variety of notable news stories like arms control, taxes on the budget, as well as the Iran Contra scandal. She also went to numerous summits as part of the president Reagan along with Mikhail Gorbachev.
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