She first joined NBC News in 1997 as a National correspondent . She shared two Gerald Loeb Awards for business journalism : the 2004 Tevelision Short Form award for " The Jobless Recovery , " and the 2006 Television Deadline award for " The Katrina Effect . " From March 2005 – 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 also covers the Catholic Church including former Pope Benedict XVI and current Pope Francis
BP Oil Spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Anne Thompson (journalist)