Karen Travers Biography

Karen Travers is an American journalist working for ABC NEWS as a Washington-based correspondent for ABC NewsOne, the network’s affiliate news service. She joined the network in 2000 as a desk assistant.

Karen Travers Education

Travers joined Georgetown University in 1996 after finishing high school. In 2000, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Government. While in college, she was the editor in chief of The Hoya. She furthered her studies there, obtaining her Master of Arts degree in Liberal Arts in 2003.

Karen Travers Career

Travers works for ABC NEWS as a Washington-based correspondent for ABC NewsOne, the network’s affiliate news service. Upon joining the network, she initially worked as a desk assistant. She then researched for Nightline before producing and reporting on the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign and Republican Party strategy in 2004. She then became a White House producer, then deputy political director, White House reporter, correspondent in 2011, and eventually took on her current role in January 2017.

Since joining ABC News, Travers has delivered extensive broadcasts on Washington and national politics, including two presidential elections and the Obama and Bush Administrations. She recently worked as the digital reporter, covering the Obama White House. In this capacity, she traveled across the United States and to almost 20 foreign countries with the president.

Travers was also a regular on-air contributor to ABC’s World News Now, America This Morning, and ABC NewsNow, the network’s broadband entity. Moreover, she filed for ABCNews.com. She traveled as a producer on both of President Obama’s secret trips to Afghanistan in 2010. She was a member of the ABC News team that clinched an Emmy Award for its broadcast of President Obama’s inauguration.

Travers was the deputy political director for ABC News’ Election coverage in 2008. She led the network’s reporting on the Democratic and Republican delegate processes. In this capacity, she broadcast multiple key battleground states and filed reports from presidential debates and both the Democratic and Republican conventions.

Before her time in ABC News’ political unit, Travers was a White House producer from December 2004 to June 2007. In this capacity, she traveled with President Bush across the nation and to more than 30 foreign countries.

At the White House, Travers was responsible for ABC News’ editorial broadcast and planning for speeches, events, and breaking news. During this time, she was embedded with the military in Iraq and Bahrain, producing exclusive reports aboard the USS Eisenhower in the North Arabian Sea. She also spent a month producing for ABC News’ Baghdad bureau.

Besides politics, Travers has covered numerous major stories, including the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, crucial Supreme Court disputes and decisions, the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, and the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, Maryland. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she delivered in-depth reports for ABC News Live on the child care industry, paid family leave, school closures and reopenings, the early scramble to find vaccines, and the challenges faced by families with unvaccinated children under age 5.

Travers sits on the board of the White House Correspondents’ Association. The Alliance for Women in Media honored her with a Gracie Award for Outstanding Radio News Anchor. In 2021, she received two Edward R. Murrow Awards, including the Breaking News Award for her radio broadcast of President Trump testing positive for COVID-19 and his hospitalization.

Karen Travers Age

Travers likes to keep her personal life private and hence has not yet disclosed the year and month she was born. It is, therefore, not known when she celebrates her birthday. However, she might be in her 40s.

Karen Travers Height

Travers stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 6 inches.

Karen Travers Family

Travers is a native of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, but has managed to keep her personal life out of the limelight; hence, she has not disclosed any information about her parents. It is also not known whether Travers has any siblings.

Karen Travers Husband

Travers is married to John Anderson. The couple lives in Washington, D.C., with their three children. She enjoys exploring D.C. with her children, traveling to the Jersey Shore, and watching sports during her free time. She is a diehard Hoyas fan with men’s basketball season tickets.

Karen Travers Net Worth

Travers has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 million – $5 million, which she has earned through being a journalist.

Karen Travers Salary

Travers earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.