Sally-Ann Roberts

Sally-Ann Roberts
Roberts in 2013
Born	Sally-Ann Roberts (1953-02-14) February 14, 1953 (age 72) Chandler, Arizona, US
Alma mater	University of Southern Mississippi
Occupation	News anchor
Years active	1977–2018
Spouses	Willie Craft ​ ​ (m. 1977;div. 2002)​ Ron Nabonne ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	1[ citation needed ]
Parent	Lawrence E. Roberts (father)
Relatives	Robin René Roberts (sister)

Sally-Ann Roberts is an American broadcaster. She worked for 40 years in news television before retiring in 2018.

Early life and career

Sally-Ann Roberts was born in Chandler, Arizona, the daughter of Lawrence and Lucimarian Roberts. Her father was a colonel in the Air Force and was one of the Tuskegee Airmen. ^[1] She graduated in 1974 from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Broadcaster

Roberts worked every other weekend at a Mississippi TV station, WDAM, when she was recruited for WWL-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana by its longtime assistant general manager and news director Phil Johnson on the recommendation of anchor Angela Hill. ^[2] She was hired as a member of the news team at WWL-TV on March 31, 1977, and co-anchored Eyewitness Morning News with Eric Paulsen. ^[1] She remained with the station until she retired in 2018. ^[3]

Interviewing Rear Admiral Ann Phillips in 2012

Author

She is the author of Going Live: An Anchorwoman Reports Good News. ^[4] With a foreword by her sister Robin Roberts, and photographs by her news colleague Eric Paulsen, Roberts authored an inspirational book, Your Power is On!: A Little Book of Hope.

In addition to these non-fiction books, Roberts authored the novel Angel Vision. She gives motivational speeches around the United States.

Personal life

She is the older sister of Robin Roberts, a co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America . ^{[5] [6]}

Books

• Going Live: An Anchorwoman Reports Good News. Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing Co., 1998. ISBN   978-1589803022
• Angel Vision. Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing Co., 2002. ISBN   978-1565549074
• Your Power Is On!: A Little Book Of Hope. Pelican Publishing Co., 2013. ISBN   978-1455619023

References

1. "Sally-Ann Roberts". New Orleans: WWL-TV. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
2. WWLTV (2017-09-06). WWL-TV's 60th anniversary pt. 1: Beginnings and the station's early history . Retrieved 2024-07-26– via YouTube.
3. Mike Scott, Mike (10 January 2018). "Tearful Robin Roberts salutes sister Sally-Ann live on ABC's 'GMA'". Nola.com. The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
4. Roberts, S. (1998). Going Live: An Anchorwoman Reports Good News. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company
5. Abernathy, Karen (July 24, 2012). "Sally-Ann on Robin Roberts: 'It's going to work out'". New Orleans: WLOX-TV . Retrieved January 24, 2013.
6. MacCash, Doug (5 July 2014). "Robin Roberts, Sally-Ann Roberts share their story at Essence Fest". The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, Louisiana: NOLA Media Group. Retrieved August 18, 2015.