She was an embedded reporter in Iraq traveling in Baghdad and the surrounding provinces, writing in-depth news features and analysis about the war for the Irish Times, Sunday Tribune and News Tribune.

She covers U.S. politics for the Irish Examiner and worked as a news producer for Al Jazeera English in D.C. where she wrote and produced a daily international news and talkback segment for the Riz Khan show and worked with a team of international stringers to get up to the minute feedback from the streets in conflict zones.

She has produced a number of TV programs, videos and independent films. Her four-part documentary series Made in America, broadcast on Ireland's leading network RTE, was nominated for an Independent Film and Television Award for Best Documentary Series.

She has a number of other documentaries currently in development, including a 10-part series version of The Other Irish and the 13-part series Freefall - The Ultimate Extreme Sports International Reality Competition Show, that follows an intense year of free fall face offs between the world's most powerful military parachuting teams, culminating in the 2011 Military Olympics in Rio, Brazil.

She has produced a number of TV programs as well as independent films and commercial videos.

Karen is originally from Ireland and holds a Masters Degree in Literature and Drama from University College Dublin. She studied film production at the Irish Film Institute and later graduated with honors from the London School of Journalism.

Member of the National Union of Journalists (UK&IRL), and the National Writers Union Local 1981 (US).