Molly Shen anchors KOMO 4 News weekdays at 11AM and at 5PM.
Molly joined KOMO 4 News in 1997. She's won Emmy awards for her live reporting and anchoring and was named the Journalist of the Month by the website Women’s e-news in May 2005. Women's e-news recognized Molly for her work in the community raising awareness for the need for free counseling services for sexual assault victims.
Molly regularly volunteers her time as an emcee for various community groups including Harborview Medical Center, Seattle Children’s Home and LifeWire (formerly Eastside Domestic Violence Program). She is on the Honorary Board for Harborview’s Children’s Response Center, serving children who are victims of sexual assault or other trauma and is a prior member of the Board of Directors for Starlight Children’s Foundation, serving seriously ill children and their families.
Molly's interest in journalism came about in the seventh grade when she took a tour of the Missourian newspaper in Columbia, MO. She was hooked after that! From being the editor of her junior high and high school newspapers, to journalism camps and national student competitions, there was no looking back. Molly received her Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri Journalism School.
Before joining KOMO 4 News, she spent five years as an anchor and reporter in Spokane.
Molly's husband is a television photographer who grew up in Central Washington. They live in Issaquah with their two children.
By Molly ShenPublished: Jun 13, 2013 at 3:18 PM PDTLast Updated: Jun 13, 2013 at 5:56 PM PDT
We have an update on a little girl who mysteriously developed a flesh eating bacteria. After two weeks in the hospital and eight surgeries, life is getting back to normal for two year old Zoey Chalk.
By Molly ShenPublished: Mar 4, 2013 at 2:50 PM PDTLast Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:56 PM PDT
An Everett lab is freezing and storing plasma donations until a laboratory makes a request, in the hopes that researchers can someday develop a vaccine for the worst allergies.
By Molly ShenPublished: Jan 28, 2013 at 6:07 PM PDTLast Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:31 PM PDT
"I lost my eyesight to a fairly rare form of childhood cancer, so I was totally blind by the time I was 8 years old," said Rep. Cyrus Habib, the first blind legislator in Washington state for perhaps a century.
By Molly ShenPublished: Jan 11, 2013 at 6:39 PM PDTLast Updated: Jan 11, 2013 at 7:38 PM PDT
When the Problem Solvers got word wounded Stryker soldier Spc. Christopher Anderson was flying home to see his fellow Strykers, we wanted to make sure it was a hero's welcome.
By Molly ShenPublished: Jan 3, 2013 at 5:12 PM PDTLast Updated: Jan 3, 2013 at 6:16 PM PDT
Sisters Pearl and Annie Reid paid more than $450 for two seats to a Lady Gaga concert at the Tacoma Dome through a ticket broker called I Concert Tickets. They were told the tickets would arrive in the mail on Jan. 7. But since then, they've learned the company doesn't exist.
By Molly ShenPublished: Dec 20, 2012 at 6:21 PM PDTLast Updated: Dec 20, 2012 at 6:52 PM PDT
Charlie Cole suffers from a rare form of leukemia. Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia, or JMML, has him in and out of Seattle Children's Hospital several times a week for treatment. But getting Charlie to and from the hospital has been a challenge -- that is, until one generous family decided to help.
By Molly ShenPublished: Nov 20, 2012 at 6:01 PM PDTLast Updated: Nov 20, 2012 at 6:34 PM PDT
The Karelian bear dogs have become a critical part of the state's wildlife management, but the program almost went bankrupt. The program relies solely on donations; it does not take a penny of taxpayer money.
By Molly ShenPublished: Oct 15, 2012 at 5:23 PM PDTLast Updated: Oct 16, 2012 at 12:17 PM PDT
After eating oatmeal in jail, Michael Saffioti couldn't breathe. Other inmates say the man begged for help and was accused of faking it. The autopsy found his severe reaction to milk products contributed to his death.
Young flesh-eating bacteria victim is home, but bills mounting (Video)
