Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell is an American television journalist, anchor, reporter and commentator for NBC News, based in Washington, D.C...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNews Anchor
Date of Birth30 October 1946
CityNew Rochelle, NY
CountryUnited States of America
morning eight perfect
They put me on the shift where they thought I could do the least harm, midnight to eight in the morning. Although the hours were lousy, they were perfect for an apprentice reporter.
art college people
When I entered college, it was to study liberal arts. At the University of Pennsylvania, I studied English literature, but I fell in love with broadcasting, with telling stories about other people's exploits.
letting-go heart dark
Haiti is the kind of place that grabs your heart, and never lets go ... When you arrive in Port-au-Prince, the first thing that strikes you is how vibrant the colors are. Buses, buildings, fences, clothing, everything is brightly painted in primary hues. On closer inspection, you see the reality behind this brightly colored landscape: a dark, grinding poverty, the worst in the Western hemisphere.
order world way
journalism was for me more than a business or a profession. It was a way of living, of experiencing the world even as I instantly distanced myself from it, in order to recreate what I'd witnessed for the public.
party garden years
... there was a part of me that wanted to be liked, and despite all my years of reporting, I never quite adjusted to the role of skunk at the garden party.
cities people care
Washington was not just a city of marble buildings and smoke-filled rooms and power brokers, but also a town full of people who do care about each other, in good times and bad.
husband trying federal-reserve
[On reporters trying to cajole a smile from her husband, Alan Greenspan:] For a Federal Reserve chairman, that was a smile.
people grace news
... I still have sympathy for some of the people who've fallen from grace in Washington. The feeding frenzy can be so unforgiving, especially in this day of nonstop cable news.
powerful men thinking
[On women in previously all-male fields:] I think it will change in a lot of workplaces. I'm not so sure it will ever change on Capitol Hill until more women are in powerful positions. Because this is the last plantation for men.
jobs work thinking
If you think you can do two full-time jobs, people will expect you to do three.
understanding covering details
I learned everything I ever need to know about questioning artful dodgers by covering the most artful of them all, Ronald Reagan. For Reagan, performance was as much a part of governing as understanding the details of the federal budget.
anyone hurts torn
It hurts all the time, as anyone with a torn rotator cuff knows.
american-journalist traded
As kids, we traded 'I like Ike' and 'All the way with Adlai' buttons in elementary school.
looked smiled
Jesse Helms looked at me, smiled and said, 'That's good,'