Karen Anderson Joins WCVB NewsCenter 5 from WBZ

Karen Anderson, award-winning journalist, has joined WCVB's NewsCenter 5 team beginning this week announced Bill Fine, WCVB President and General Manager.

 

Anderson, an acclaimed investigative and political reporter, will play a significant role on Team 5 Investigates, WCVB's award winning investigative unit, in addition to covering politics and breaking news stories.

 

Anderson has worked as a general assignment, political and investigative reporter for nearly 20 years, having most recently spent 10 years at WBZ-TV in Boston.

 

As part of Team 5 Investigates, Anderson’s mission will be to regularly break stories involving crime, fraud and corruption.

 

Anderson has interviewed every major presidential candidate since 2000 and covered high profile stories ranging from the Boston Marathon Bombing, Whitey Bulger's Arrest, the New England Compounding Center debacle and the State Drug Lab scandal.

 

"Karen is an accomplished journalist with a reputation for enterprising and breaking exclusive stories," said Fine. "She is a top notch investigative and political reporter with a proven track record. We are excited to have a reporter of her caliber join our talented team here at WCVB."

 

"Having covered this market for over a decade, Karen really knows Boston and has an innate ability to seek out the stories that really matter to the people in this community," said Andrew Vrees, WCVB News Director. "Karen is a great asset to our NewsCenter 5 team as well as our Team 5 investigative unit."

 

Prior to WBZ, Anderson spent seven years at WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH. While in NH, she formerly served on the Board of Directors of CASA, which trained volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children. She began her career as an assignment editor at KTXS-TV in Abilene, Texas.

 

"As a reporter, it's an honor to work to help expose wrong doing and waste, to give victims a voice, and to share stories that affect the lives of people in our communities," said Anderson. "WCVB's reputation as Boston's news leader as well as its commitment to outstanding journalism is what brought me to Channel 5. I am honored to join the WCVB team and am looking forward to continuing to serve the Boston community."

 

Copyright 2014 WCVB-TV