Career
She was raised in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. While a Nieman Journalism Fellow at Harvard University, studying digital media and citizen journalism, a blog post by Thomas reporting a comment by P.J. Crowley received wide coverage, and resulted in Crowley"s resignation
Thomas has reported extensively from the United States, South America, Africa, and continental Europe. Her most recent posting was as presenter and special correspondent in the British Broadcasting Corporation Washington bureau from 2007 to 2010, where she anchored political coverage, and filmed original features on United States. politics, economics and culture.
Her stories aired on British Broadcasting Corporation World News, Public Broadcasting Service news broadcasts, British Broadcasting Corporation America"s "World News America", and the British Broadcasting Corporation online.
Before that, during 2007 and 2008, she presented the 2200 ET edition of World News Today, a one-hour news programme on the British Broadcasting Corporation World News channel. From 1997 to 2001 she was also a British Broadcasting Corporation North America correspondent, providing headline news from the impeachment of President Clinton to the global impact of the 9/11 attacks.
From 1990 to 1997 she reported on the United Kingdom political scene, including extensive coverage of the Northern Ireland peace process. She returned to her British Broadcasting Corporation broadcast duties in July 2011.
Since returning to the United Kingdom Thomas has appeared as a correspondent on British Broadcasting Corporation News.
Since January 2013 Thomas has been a main presenter of World News Today airing at 1900GMT Weekdays and 2100GMT on weeekends four days a week on the relaunched British Broadcasting Corporation World News, British Broadcasting Corporation News Channel and on British Broadcasting Corporation Four. She is also an occasional presenter of The World Tonight on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 and Newshour on the British Broadcasting Corporation World Service.