Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell is NBC News’ Chief Washington and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent. A veteran political correspondent, Mitchell has covered every presidential campaign since 1980 as well as reporting on national security issues across all NBC News platforms. 

Mitchell's extensive coverage of the White House, Congress and the State Department includes the Reagan/Gorbachev summits, 9/11, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Iran nuclear negotiations, conflicts in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and assignments in China, Vietnam, Cuba, Haiti, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Israel and the Palestinian territories. She was a panelist for the 1988 Bush-Dukakis Presidential debate as well as in the NBC News Democratic Primary debate in 2015. In 2019, she co-moderated the fifth Democratic Presidential debate. From 2008 to 2025, Mitchell hosted Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC. 

Mitchell has been honoured for her distinguished reporting, receiving awards including the 2025 Peabody Career Achievement Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 40th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. Mitchell is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where she served as a Trustee for two decades, including a term as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, and is currently an Emeritus Trustee. She is the author of the 2005 memoir Talking Back.