Karen Anderson is an award-winning journalist and a member of WCVB’s 5 Investigates. Since joining the station’s investigative unit in 2014, she has broken numerous high-profile stories and has exposed some of the largest issues facing communities across the state. Her reporting exposed the gap in how people with disabilities are protected in Massachusetts which allowed caregivers accused of abuse, but never arrested or convicted, to remain working in the industry. A law was passed in 2020 to create a registry of employees to track abusers and prevent them from hurting other adults with disabilities.
In her career, Karen has worked as an investigative, political, and general assignment reporter. She has covered the biggest stories in the region including the local response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boston Marathon Bombing, the arrest of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger, the opioid crisis, and the deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak caused by the New England Compounding Center. Karen grew up in Concord, MA and graduated from Brown University, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in History. In her free time, she enjoys golf, skiing, waterskiing, and cheering on Boston sports teams. She lives with her family in the Greater Boston area.
