Karen Travers | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Education | Georgetown University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2000-present |
| Employer | ABC News |
Karen Travers is an American journalist currently working at ABC News as a correspondent based in Washington, D.C.. She's been with the network since 2000. She covers national political news from the nation's capital, including two presidential elections and the Obama, Bush, Biden, and Trump administrations. [1]
Born in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, Travers graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor's degree in American government and a master's degree in liberal studies. [2]
Travers joined ABC News in 2000, starting as an intern working as Ted Koppel's researcher for Nightline, and reported on stories including the September 11 attacks, the Iraq War, national and international stories, among other reports. [2]
At ABC News she worked as a White House producer, Deputy Political Director and White House Reporter, before being promoted to correspondent based in Washington, D.C. in 2011. In this position, she led coverage of the 2012 and 2016 presidential debates and campaigns, [3] She reported live from the Democratic and Republican conventions, all general election debates. [2] five presidential campaigns, four administrations, traveling to 49 states with each president, and more than 60 countries. [2] She reported from every important battleground state in each election, particularly caucuses and primaries in every Republican and Democratic convention, along with presidential debates for every election cycle from 2004. [2]
She also led coverage of the 2013 government shutdown, [4] the health care law implementation, and the Washington Navy Yard shooting. [5]
In 2015, Travers was promoted to multi-platform reporter of ABC News. [6] She covered the 2015 Philadelphia train derailment, the Ferguson unrest in three states, and key Supreme Court decisions. [2]
Travers is on the board of the White House Correspondents' Association. [7] She was on the team that received an Emmy Award as deputy political director for ABC's coverage of the First inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009. [2]