Chris Jansing was named the Senior White House Correspondent for NBC News, Variety is reporting.

Jansing was known as Chris Kapostasy when she worked as a reporter and anchor at WNYT NewsChannel 13 in the Capital Region.

She has been with NBC since joining as an MSNBC anchor in 1998. For the last several years she has split her time between anchoring a morning show on MSNBC, and reporting for "NBC Nightly News," covering domestic news, foreign Olympics, and, most recently, the elevation to Sainthood of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, Variety reported.

From the White House, Jansing will report primarily for "Nightly News," providing day-to-day coverage of the Obama administration and White House politics.