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
combine expected gave love original politics rip wire
All they expected me to do was rip and read the wire 'leads,' without doing any original reporting. It was pretty basic, but gave me a taste of how to combine my love of politics and broadcasting.
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Jesse Helms looked at me, smiled and said, 'That's good,'
driven
You know, he's not going to have a car. He hasn't driven for 18 years.
came home reporter small wedding
It's really exciting, isn't it? We came home and he said, 'Do you want a big wedding or a small wedding?' Here I am a hard-boiled reporter and I have got butterflies.
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Once again, no one in charge had given any thought to the possibility that a woman would be involved.
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On a scale of 1 to 10, I was a 12,
american-journalist coverage ivy league member
It was a presidential election year, and as a member of a consortium of Ivy League radio stations, we participated in 'network' coverage of election night.
american-journalist calling interviews locations work
To get interviews for their newscasts, I'd work the phones, calling locations to find someone I could interview when a story broke.
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This was tough. The Kerry people were determined not to have a leak.
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As kids, we traded 'I like Ike' and 'All the way with Adlai' buttons in elementary school.
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When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the movement for civil rights, and you had plenty of elements to fire the imagination of a novice journalist.
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Socially, Philadelphia was still a fairly provincial city, its business community governed by the mores of the Main Line. Politically, it was a cauldron of ethnic rivalries, dominated by competing Irish and Italian constituencies.
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Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch.
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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.