Deborah Roberts | |
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 Roberts in March 2022 | |
| Born | September 20, 1960 Perry, Georgia, U.S. |
| Education | University of Georgia (BA) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Notable credit(s) | 20/20 co-anchor Dateline NBC correspondent Lifetime Live host |
| Spouse | Al Roker (m. 1995) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Deborah Roberts ABC News profile |
Deborah Ann Roberts (born September 20, 1960) is an American television journalist for the ABC News division of the ABC broadcast television network. [1] [2]
Roberts was born in Perry, Georgia to Benjamin Roberts, a business owner, and Ruth Roberts, a housewife. She graduated from the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Journalism in 1982. In 1992, Roberts was awarded the University of Georgia Distinguished Alumnus Award for her rapid success as a journalist. [3]
In 1982, Roberts began her career at WTVM, a local television station in Columbus, Georgia, and then she moved on to work at WBIR, a local television station in Knoxville, Tennessee. [4] [5]
From 1987 to 1990, she was bureau chief/NASA field reporter/weekend news co-anchor at WFTV, a local television station in Orlando, Florida. In 1990, she joined NBC News as a general-assignment reporter and later was a correspondent for Dateline NBC , an NBC News newsmagazine program. [3]
Roberts moved to ABC News in 1995 as a correspondent for 20/20 , a newsmagazine program, as well as an anchor for World News Tonight Weekend , the weekend evening news program, and for Good Morning America , the morning news program. In July and September 2006, she was a guest host on The View , a talk show produced by ABC Daytime, a division of ABC. [6]
Roberts has won an Emmy Award and a Clarion Award for her reporting. [7]
Roberts has contributed to other of the network's platforms, including Good Morning America , Primetime , Nightline , and The Katie Couric Show .
Roberts hosts Lifetime Live on Lifetime Television, a cable and satellite television channel. [8]
In 2016, the non-fiction book, Been There, Done That: Family Wisdom for Modern Times , written by Roberts and husband Al Roker, was published. [2]
In 2021, Roberts received a Peabody Award for the 20/20 special report, “Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor.” [9]
Roberts resides in Manhattan with her husband Al Roker, whom she married in September 1995; [10] they have a daughter and a son. Roberts has a stepdaughter from her husband's prior marriage.
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