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Three Mile Island wasn't a disaster, nobody was killed
===Early Career===
===Early Career===
Mitchell attended the University of Pennsylvania were she received a B.A in [[English]] literature. Before working in television, Mitchell spent nine years as a broadcast journalist for KYW Radio. In 1977 Mitchell began her television career as a [[CBS]] affiliate correspondent in Washington D.C.(WDVM-TV). Coincidentally, this was the same network where [[NBC News]] anchor Brian Williams began his career. <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3667173/</ref>. Mitchell's job for CBS lasted until 1978 when [[NBC]] hired her as their general correspondent based in Washington D.C. After a NBC correspondent's murder in [[Guyana]], Mitchell was given her first big assignment, covering the [[Jonestown]] massacre<ref>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0670034037/ref=dp_proddesc_0/102-3275846-3467353?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books</ref>. Soon she began moving up the ranks of the network and was named NBC News energy correspondent. It was in this role that she reported on many major domestic issues including the mid-1970s energy crisis and the 1979 disaster at [[Three Mile Island]].<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3688874/</ref>
Mitchell attended the University of Pennsylvania were she received a B.A in [[English]] literature. Before working in television, Mitchell spent nine years as a broadcast journalist for KYW Radio. In 1977 Mitchell began her television career as a [[CBS]] affiliate correspondent in Washington D.C.(WDVM-TV). Coincidentally, this was the same network where [[NBC News]] anchor Brian Williams began his career. <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3667173/</ref>. Mitchell's job for CBS lasted until 1978 when [[NBC]] hired her as their general correspondent based in Washington D.C. After a NBC correspondent's murder in [[Guyana]], Mitchell was given her first big assignment, covering the [[Jonestown]] massacre<ref>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0670034037/ref=dp_proddesc_0/102-3275846-3467353?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books</ref>. Soon she began moving up the ranks of the network and was named NBC News energy correspondent. It was in this role that she reported on many major domestic issues including the mid-1970s energy crisis and the 1979 nuclear accident at [[Three Mile Island]].<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3688874/</ref>
===1980-1998===
===1980-1998===