Andrea Mitchell To Depart Daily MSNBC Show; Will Continue Reporting As Correspondent For NBCU Platforms
Andrea Mitchell said that she will be departing her daily MSNBC show after the inauguration but will continue as NBC News’ chief foreign affairs correspondent and chief Washington correspondent, reporting for the NBCU platforms.
On MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports today, she told viewers, “And after sixteen years of being in the anchor chair every day, I want time to do more of what I love the most: more connecting, listening and reporting in the field, especially as whoever is elected next week is going to undertake the monumental task of handling two foreign wars and the political divisions here at home.
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“So, after the inaugural next January – I’ve asked for the opportunity to continue covering those stories, but from a different vantage point – still with NBC News and at MSNBC, and still as chief Washington and foreign affairs correspondent. Just not on the schedule of a daily show.”
Her MSNBC show has been the longest running in the network’s daytime lineup, having been launched in 2008. The network has not said what will replace it.
Mitchell has covered every presidential campaign for NBC News since 1980, and every national political convention since 1972, as well as seven presidential administrations. She joined the network in 1978.
Mitchell said that “come next year, you’ll still see me in your living rooms, on your mobile devices and on other platforms – and perhaps also in your hometowns and cities, still asking the questions to get the answers you deserve.”
In a note to staffers, NBCU executives Rashida Jones, Rebecca Blumenstein, Janelle Rodriguez and Libby Leist wrote, “Andrea remains one of the country’s foremost and most trusted experts on foreign policy and domestic politics. Her deep sourcing and ability to land the biggest-name news-making interviews are unmatched. Her contributions to NBC News over the last 46 years have been invaluable to the network, and we are so pleased that she will remain an essential part of the News Group for years to come.”
In the third quarter, Andrea Mitchell Reports averaged 753,000 viewers, behind Fox News’ Outnumbered in total viewers but ahead of CNN Inside Politics, according to Nielsen.
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