Karen Travers Age, Bio, Wikipedia, ABC News, Husband Married, Photos

Personal Details Summary
Name	Karen Travers
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB	Born in 1978. As of 2025, she is around 47 years old.
Husband / Spouse / Wedding & Marriage / Boyfriend	Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.
Children / No. of Kids	3
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race	White
Nationality	American
Where is Karen Travers now?	In 2000, Karen Travers joined ABC News as a Washington correspondent.

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Details

Introduction :

Karen Travers is an American reporter working in Washington D.C.
She is best known for her work with ABC Television Network as part of their political team, covering Washington-based and national politics.
Not only is she an award-winning journalist, but she is also a devoted wife and loving mother.

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

Karen was born in the beautiful town of Blue Bell, PA, in the year 1978.
Her parents are Bernadette M. Travers (mother) and William J. Travers (father), both of whom continue to reside in Blue Bell.
Education : She studied at Georgetown University, graduating in 2000 with a major in American government and economics.
After interning with ABC News in her final year, she decided to pursue a career in political journalism.

Relationships, Love Life and Dating :

On September 10, 2011, Karen married John Millies Anderson at Villa Maria-by-the-Sea in Stone Harbor, New Jersey. At the time of their wedding, John worked as an investment policy analyst for the International Finance Corp. of the World Bank.
The couple had first met on a Sunday in 2007 when Karen and her buddies had landed at their favorite Washington sports bar to watch football. John mentions that it was Karen’s gorgeous red hair that made him move away from his friends and sit next to Karen at the bar. The couple had a lively debate regarding their favorite sports teams. They later went on many dates at the same sports bar, where they had first met.
18 months after their marriage, Karen gave birth to her first child, a daughter, on March 7, 2013. Maeve Travers Anderson was born at 6:58 a.m.
Karen has since given birth to twins Kelly and Matthew. The twins were born prematurely and spent 11 weeks in NICU before going home with their loving parents.

Career Timeline : Salary, Net worth & Profession :

Travers joined the Nightline team just three short weeks after the devastating 9/11 attacks in 2001.
Karen covered the 2004 Bush-Cheney Presidential campaign, as well as President Bush’s second term. She was also the deputy political director for the 2008 presidential election.
Later, she was the digital reporter covering the Obama White House.
She handled the digital reporting for many different ABC News outlets – such as ABC News Now, The World News Webcast, etc. – helping ABC News revolutionize their digital journalism.

Interesting Facts, Body and Looks :

Karen is a football fan and a proud Philadelphia Eagles supporter.
While studying at George Town, Karen served as Editor in Chief of the Hoya.
Karen did seven live shots with stations all across America mere hours before going into labor with her first child.
In 2011, Karen played the role of Teryl Rothery in the series “The Killings.”
She has traveled all over the United States with President Obama, as well as to almost 20 foreign countries.
Karen has been awarded a News & Documentary Emmy Award for ‘Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story’.

Social Media Presence :

Karen has verified Twitter (now called X) and LinkedIn accounts.
Currently, she has over 25K followers on Twitter (now called X).
Most of her posts are regarding political journalism, initiatives she supports, sports and her family life.

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