Anne Thompson is an American journalist, working for NBC News as Chief Environmental Affairs correspondent. She covers the Catholic Church and environmental and economic issues.[1]
She first joined NBC News in 1997 as a national correspondent. She shared two Gerald Loeb Awards for business journalism: the 2004 Television Short Form award for "The Jobless Recovery,"[2] and the 2006 Television Deadline award for "The Katrina Effect."[3] From March 2005 to April 2007, she was Chief Financial Correspondent, covering issues such as the economic impact of Hurricane Katrina and the Martha Stewart trials. In April 2007, she became Chief Environmental correspondent and has covered many economic and environmental issues, particularly the 2010 BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. She has also covered the Catholic Church including the late Pope emeritus Pope Benedict XVI and the late Pope Francis.
Awards
She was awarded the 2017 Rachel Carson Award by the Audubon Society for her investigative journalism on the BP (British Petroleum) oil spill and on climate change.[4]
Gerald Loeb Award for Television Short Form (2003–2004)
(2003–2004)
2003: Gerilyn Curtin, Jill Rackmill, Brian Ross, Rhonda Schwartz, David Scott, Simon Surowicz, Chris Vlasto
2004: Doug Adams, Christiana Arvelis, Donna Bass, Steve Capus, Joo Lee, Karen Nye, Albert Oetgen, Felicia Patinkin, Charles Schaeffer, Nikki Stamos, Anne Thompson
Gerald Loeb Award for Television Deadline (2005–2006)
2006: Doug Adams, Liz Brown, Rick Brown, Rich Dubroff, Katie Ernst, Mario García, Sharon Hoffman, Joo Lee, Genevieve Michel-Bryan, Albert Oetgen, Meaghan Rady, John Reiss, Chuck Schaeffer, Chris Scholl, Carl Sears, Jill Silverstri, Doug Stoddart, Anne Thompson, Kelly Venardos
Gerald Loeb Award for Television Enterprise (2006–2011)
