NBC/MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell presented with excellence in journalism award

NBC/MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell has been honored with the Founders Award for Excellence in Journalism by the International Center for Journalists.

While accepting the award, Mitchell, states TVNewser,  delivered remarks about the state of the news business, saying that “we need great journalism now more than at any time I can recall – and historians would say, in our country, more than at any time since the Civil War.” She added, “Never before has our system been challenged as it has been in the last year – and that is mirrored by authoritarian movements overseas.”

“Good, solid journalism trumps everything, no matter what the platform,” Mitchell added. “And by mentoring and supporting an enormous network of global journalists, your mission is critical.”

Mitchell has been with NBC News since late July 1978.

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