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Anne Thompson

What Are You Like? Anne Thompson

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
April / May 2015

March 16, 2015 by 4 Comments

As a television correspondent, Anne Thompson has covered events as far ranging as Tonya Harding in Portland, Oregon to Ground Zero on 9/11. It’s a job some might find enviable, even glamorous for its range, travel, and publicity. “I was in Rome for 38 straight days covering the resignation of Pope Benedict and election of Pope Francis,” she said in an interview with Bill … [Read more...] about What Are You Like? Anne Thompson

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