"After 16 years of being in the anchor chair every day, I want time to do more of what I love the most." She added, "Still with NBC News and at MSNBC. Still as Chief Washington and Foreign Affairs Correspondent.

"In my heart and soul, I am first and foremost a reporter and a storyteller," Mitchell said on Andrea Mitchell Reports at the time. "After 16 years of being in the anchor chair ev

After 17 years in the anchor seat, Andrea Mitchell will officially make her exit from MSNBC on Friday to embark on a political field-reporting venture. Mitchell shared the date of her departure on Monday's "Andrea Mitchell Reports.