About khou

Shern-Min Chow both co-anchors KHOU-TV weekend news and reports for Channel 11 News during the week. She joined the station in 1996.

She began her career in journalism as a stringer for Newsweek and has worked at KTRK-TV and anchored at KPRC-TV in Houston, as well as, KENS-TV in San Antonio. Chow's awards include the Houston Press Club Award for Best Series and the Texas Associated Press Award for Best Spot Newscast-Producer. In 1997, she and an 11 News team won an Emmy for the documentary Hong Kong Under the Dragon.

Shern-Min speaks often to civic groups, schools, churches and other organizations. Over the years, she has made literally hundreds of community appearances. She is on the boards of the Asia Society, the Chinese Community Center, the YWCA and the Houston Ballet. Shern-Min also served as a board member for the The Bayou City Medical Center from 1993-1999.

A history graduate from Yale University, Chow speaks Mandarin and Shang Hai dialects of Chinese. She has also studied French, German, and Spanish. Chow is married and has two young sons.

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