2003 Distinguished Alumni Service Award -
Karen Borta

Karen Borta is co-anchor for CBS 11 News in Fort Worth-Dallas at 5, 6 and 10 weeknights. She received her bachelor’s degree in radio/TV communication from UTA in 1987. After working for TV stations in Waco, Sacramento, Calif., and Tampa, Fla., she returned to the Metroplex in 1995 as anchor and reporter at KTVT-Channel 11. She received a regional Emmy for Outstanding Live News Coverage of the 1997 American Airlines strike and a nomination as best feature reporter by the Association of Women Journalists. She was named one of the state’s Favorite Female TV Personalities by Texas Woman magazine in 1998. In 2000, she was honorary co-chair of the Komen Dallas Race for the Cure in helping the fight against breast cancer.