Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ta koma CBS-affiliate WTOP (yanzu WUSA) a Washington, D.C., a 1976. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, Mitchell ta koma aikin labarai na NBC, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin babban wakilin. A shekara ta 1979, an nada ta a matsayin wakilin NBC News mai bayar da rahoto game da rikicin makamashi a ƙarshen shekarun 1970 da kuma hadarin nukiliya na Three Mile Island
Ka yi haƙuri. Mitchell kuma ya rufe Fadar White House daga 1981 har ya zama babban wakilin majalisa a shekarar 1988.