Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Waxay u guuray CBS-ka WTOP (hadda WUSA) ee Washington, D.C., 1976. Laba sano ka dib, Mitchell waxay u guurtay shabakadda wararka ee NBC, halkaas oo ay ka soo shaqeysay sidii weriye guud. Sanadkii 1979, waxaa loo magacaabay weriyaha tamarta ee NBC News waxayna ka warbixisay dhibaatadii tamarta ee dabayaaqadii 1970-yadii iyo shilkii nukliyeerka ee Three Mile Island
Waxaad Mitchell wuxuu sidoo kale daboolay Aqalka Cad laga soo bilaabo 1981 ilaa uu noqday wariye madax ka ah Congresska 1988.