Andrea Mitchell will step down as full-time anchor on MSNBC on Friday — ending a 17-year stint as host of “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on the Comcast-owned cable news outfit. Mitchell announced last fall that she would step down from her daily MSNBC show after the presidential inauguration but will continue her work as a correspondent for NBC News.

"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

The longtime journalist will move into her new role as Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for NBC News.