Karen Hua joined ABC News in Washington, D.C., as a national reporter in May 2026 while I was on a blogging break.
TV viewers may remember Hua as the Houston-based national reporter for CBS News, a position she held before CBS parent company Paramount's layoffs earlier this year.
Hua joined CBS News in February 2025, relocating to Houston from NBC10 Philadelphia (WCAU), where she spent three years as a reporter.
Before Philadelphia, Hua worked at KGET 17 News in Bakersfield, California.
She began her journalism career through NBCUniversal's East Coast Page Program, gaining experience across several NBC properties, including NBC New York, CNBC, and The TODAY Show.
A first-generation Chinese American, Hua is fluent in Mandarin. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Honors English and Psychology in just three years.
- Houston-based CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian cut in Paramount-Skydance merger
