Andrea Mitchell Honored at 2005 AWC Matrix Awards Luncheon.Andrea Mitchell Andrea Mitchell (born October 30, 1946) is a journalist, television commentator, and writer. She covers international issues for all NBC News broadcasts, including NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, Today, and MSNBC. , Chief Foreign Affairs foreign affairs pl.n. Affairs concerning international relations and national interests in foreign countries. Correspondent for NBC News NBC News (along with NBC News + HD) is the news division of American television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric. Its current president is Steve Capus. It is the top-rated broadcast news division and has been for a decade. , will be honored May 26 by the Washington, DC chapter of the Association for Women in Communications (AWC-DC) during its 2005 Matrix Awards Luncheon. Each year, AWC-DC honors top women communicators with the Matrix Award. Mitchell, who has held her position since November 1994, reports on evolving foreign policy issues in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and abroad for all NBC News broadcasts, including "Nightly News with Tom Brokaw," "Today" and on both CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. and MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company . Over the years, Mitchell has appeared on "Meet the Press" as a panelist and substitute moderator. An acclaimed political reporter, she has also covered every presidential election since 1972. Mitchell joined NBC News in 1978. In addition to recognizing communications professionals, AWC-DC also awards a $1,000 Student Scholarship, sponsored by the Gannett Foundation, to an outstanding communications student attending a university in the Washington metro area.
Event: 2005 Matrix Awards Luncheon
Date: Thursday, May 26, 2005
Time: 11:30 a.m -1:45 p.m.
Location: Hotel Washington
515 15th St. NW
Washington, DC 20004
202-638-5900
Reception - North Terrace
Luncheon - Washington Room
Cost: $75 AWC-DC members; $50 AWC-DC student or retired
members; $95 nonmembers; an additional $10 fee will be
charged at the door.
$750 for a table (8); $325 for half a table (4).
Sponsorships still available.
The Association of Women in Communications (www.womcom.org), has its roots as Theta Sigma Phi, founded as the journalism honorary for women in 1909 at the University of Washington in Seattle. AWC's membership has expanded to represent all fields of contemporary communications, including: print and broadcast journalism; public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , marketing and advertising; nonprofit and corporate communications; book and magazine publishing; graphic design; video production and multimedia; new media and Internet technology. The national association has more than 80 student chapters and 60 professional chapters, of which AWC-DC, (www.awcdc.net), with more than 100 members, is one of the most active. |
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