Anne Thompson Age, net worth, husband, height, career and family

Anne Thompson is an American journalist and NBC News Chief Environmental Affairs correspondent, best known for climate and environment reporting and Vatican coverage. She joined NBC News in 1997 and became chief environmental affairs correspondent in April 2007. She is based in New York City and still reports for NBC Nightly News, TODAY, and MSNBC, most recently from the Milan Winter Olympics in February 2026.

Anne Thompson’s bio at a glance

Detail	Information
Full Name	Anne Thompson
Gender	Female
Date of Birth	November 10, 1957
Age	68 years old (turns 69 on November 10, 2026)
Place of Birth	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Current Residence	New York City, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	Not publicly available
Zodiac Sign	Scorpio
Religion	Catholic
Sexual Orientation	Not publicly available
Height	Not publicly available
Weight	Not publicly available
Hair Colour	Blonde (visual estimate)
Eye Colour	Blue (visual estimate)
Marital Status	Single
Spouse / Partner	None
Children	None
High School	International School of Brussels
Alma Mater	University of Notre Dame
Degree	Bachelor of Arts in American Studies (1979)
Profession	Journalist, television correspondent
Employer	NBC News
Net Worth	Not publicly available
Social Media	Instagram @annenbcnews \| X @annenbcnews

Who is Anne Thompson?

Anne Thompson is a veteran American television journalist who serves as NBC News chief environmental affairs correspondent. Her beat covers climate change, environmental disasters, energy, and the Catholic Church, and her reports air across NBC Nightly News, TODAY, MSNBC, and NBCNews.com.

She has spent close to three decades at NBC News, reporting from disaster zones, climate talks, and the Vatican. Her work has earned her seven Emmy Awards, two Gerald Loeb Awards, and the 2017 Rachel Carson Award from the National Audubon Society.

Readers who follow network news may also like our profile of Maya Eaglin, an on-air correspondent for MS NOW.

How old is Anne Thompson? Age and Birthday

Anne Thompson was born on November 10, 1957, in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is 68 years old until November 10, 2026, when she turns 69.

She grew up mostly in the suburbs of Boston, and her family moved to Brussels, Belgium, after her sophomore year of high school for her father’s work. Her father, Bill Thompson, was a 1947 Notre Dame graduate who taught as a business professor at the university for a time.

She studied at the International School of Brussels and then at the University of Notre Dame, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies in 1979. She has served on the university’s Board of Trustees since 2010 and received its Sorin Award in 2019.

How tall is Anne Thompson?

Anne Thompson’s height is not publicly available. No employer biography or interview gives a height figure for her, and published estimates conflict with each other, so no figure is used here.

Her weight is also not publicly available, and no body measurements have been published for her. She has short blonde hair and blue eyes, based on her official NBC headshot.

What is Anne Thompson’s career?

Anne Thompson began her television career at WNDU-TV in South Bend, Indiana, right after her graduation from Notre Dame in 1979. The station was then owned by the university. She then spent nearly three years in St. Louis and 11 years in Detroit as a general assignment reporter, before NBC News hired her in 1997 to work in its Chicago bureau.

She moved to the network’s New York headquarters in 2001. In March 2005 she became NBC News chief financial correspondent, covering the economic impact of Hurricane Katrina and the cost of health care. In April 2007 she became chief environmental affairs correspondent, a role she still holds.

Her environmental reporting includes the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, on which she spent five months on the scene and led the Nightly News broadcast on nearly every night for three months. She also covered the September 11 attacks from near the World Trade Center, the economic fallout of Hurricane Katrina, and the Catholic Church across three papacies.

She won the Gerald Loeb Award in 2004 for a series on the jobless recovery and again in 2006 for coverage of the Katrina effect. She shared an Emmy Award and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award with the NBC team for Katrina coverage, and she won the Rachel Carson Award in 2017.

Career timeline

1979: Started at WNDU-TV in South Bend, Indiana.
1997: Joined NBC News in its Chicago bureau.
March 2005: Became NBC News chief financial correspondent.
April 2007: Became NBC News chief environmental affairs correspondent.
2010: Led Nightly News coverage of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
May 2025: Reported from Rome on the election of Pope Leo XIV.
February 2026: Served as a SportsDesk reporter at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

How did Anne Thompson cover the 2025 papal transition?

Anne Thompson reported from Rome through the 2025 papal transition, one of the most visible assignments of her career. Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025, and his funeral took place on April 26, 2025. The conclave then elected Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025, and Thompson reported from Rome alongside Lester Holt for the network’s coverage.

The assignment drew on years of Vatican reporting. She had covered the final years of Pope John Paul II, the election and resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, and the full papacy of Pope Francis. She has said her faith has always been a very important part of her life, and she describes herself as a practicing Catholic.

What health challenges has Anne Thompson faced?

Anne Thompson has twice battled breast cancer and won. Her first diagnosis came in 2006, and doctors found a different form of breast cancer in 2015. In both cases she underwent surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, and she kept working through her treatment.

She first told almost no one, then confided in her sister, Mary, and her younger brothers, Bill and Jim. She later spoke openly about the experience, including telling longtime anchor Tom Brokaw about her illness. She has said the illness changed what she wanted from life and showed her how much she was loved.

What is Anne Thompson’s net worth?

Anne Thompson’s net worth is not publicly available.

Her income comes from her NBC News correspondent work, which has run since 1997, along with speaking engagements and academic guest roles. She has held senior correspondent roles for close to three decades, and she remains an active on-air reporter for the network.

Is Anne Thompson married?

Anne Thompson has never married.

She has built her life around a demanding travel schedule, covering disasters, climate stories, and Vatican events around the world. A colleague has described her as the ultimate career woman who lives out of a suitcase, and she has said that, unlike many women, she never heard a biological clock ticking.

She has not publicly confirmed a partner. She is devoted to her four nephews and a niece, her brothers’ children, and she sometimes takes one or more of them on international trips. Her parents were Bill and Betty Thompson, her younger sister is Mary, and her younger brothers are Bill and Jim.

What is Anne Thompson doing in 2026?

Anne Thompson served as a SportsDesk reporter based in Milan for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, which ran from February 6 to February 22, 2026. It was her seventh NBC Olympics assignment, after Paris in 2024, Beijing, Tokyo, PyeongChang, Rio, and Sochi in 2014.

She returned to South Bend in 2026 to deliver the commencement address at Saint Mary’s College, where she also received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. In April 2026 she appeared on a Busted Halo show marking the program’s 25th birthday, reflecting on covering religion.

In October 2026 she covered Pope Leo XIV’s health updates from Rome, including the lung surgery announced on October 11, 2026, and the surgery on October 13, 2026, at Gemelli Hospital. On October 30, 2026, the Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo XIV had cast a mail-in ballot in the United States midterm elections, a story NBC News reported. On October 31, 2026, she posted from inside St. Peter’s Basilica ahead of the Notre Dame-Villanova Mass.

Anne Thompson on social media

Anne Thompson is active on X as @annenbcnews, where she had 15,500 followers, 2,928 following, and 12,400 posts as of November 1, 2026. Her most recent post observed on that date came on October 31, 2026, from inside St. Peter’s Basilica.

Her X account is @annenbcnews, and her Instagram account is @annenbcnews.

Her Instagram account is not verified and has been dormant since 2016, with 148 followers, 32 following, and one post, a Red Nose Day photo from May 25, 2016. She has no personal TikTok account or personal YouTube channel, and she appears on those platforms only through NBC corporate accounts.

Quick facts about Anne Thompson

First NBC assignment was a 29-day wait: her first NBC assignment in the Chicago bureau was the anticipated delivery of septuplets by an Iowa woman, and she spent 29 days in Des Moines with only one warm coat for the cold November weather.
Her favorite pasta is cacio e pepe: over dinner in Gramercy Park she ordered Tonnarelli a Cacio e Pepe, her favorite entree, at Maialino.
She chairs a Notre Dame committee: she chairs the committee that oversees the undergraduate experience at Notre Dame, dealing with student affairs issues.
Cornell named her a visiting journalist: Cornell University named her a Distinguished Visiting Journalist in 2025.
She flew on the papal plane five times: she made five trips on the papal plane with Pope Francis.
Her sister worked at CNBC: her younger sister Mary was a broadcast journalist for 26 years, 16 of them at CNBC.
She is the first call at 30 Rock: producers at 30 Rockefeller Center say she is the first person they call when late-breaking news lands.
She lived on a houseboat for a month: during her five months covering the BP oil spill, she and her crew lived on a houseboat for one month.

Frequently asked questions

How old is Anne Thompson?

68 years old until November 10, 2026, when she turns 69. She was born on November 10, 1957.

Is Anne Thompson married?

No. Anne Thompson has never married, and she has not publicly confirmed a partner.

What is Anne Thompson’s net worth?

Not publicly available. Her income comes from her NBC News correspondent work, speaking engagements, and academic guest roles.

Where does Anne Thompson work now?

NBC News. She serves as chief environmental affairs correspondent and is based in New York City.

What did Anne Thompson cover in 2026?

Milan Winter Olympics coverage, Pope Leo XIV’s surgery updates, and the Saint Mary’s College commencement address.

Final word on Anne Thompson

Anne Thompson has spent close to five decades turning difficult stories into clear reporting, from local news in South Bend to disasters, climate talks, and Vatican conclaves. She has faced serious illness twice and kept working through it, and she has stayed loyal to the university that shaped her. She is still reporting for NBC News from New York City, most recently on the 2026 Winter Olympics and the Vatican.

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