Mitch Fox began his career at KABC-TV Los Angeles where he was a reporter for two years. He relocated to Las Vegas where he worked as a reporter at KTNV Channel 13 for less than a year before joining Vegas PBS in 1978.

During his tenure at Vegas PBS Mitch wrote and and produced a 10-year documentary series called Real to Reel, followed the Yucca Mountain controversy, covered local, state, and national elections, and the Nevada State Legislature and managed the Vegas PBS Production and Programming Departments. For much of that time he has been producer and host of Nevada Week in Review.