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| Born | February 11, 1943 Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, writer, political commentator |
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| Children | Lee Roberts Rebecca Roberts |
Steven V. Roberts (born February 11, 1943) is an American journalist, writer, and political commentator.
Roberts was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, and graduated from Bayonne High School. [1] He attended Harvard University, where he served as editor of the student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson . After graduating with a B.A. in Government in 1964, Roberts was hired by The New York Times as research assistant to James Reston, then the paper's Washington, D.C. bureau chief. He was a senior writer at U.S. News & World Report for seven years, and later a contributing editor. As a Washington pundit, Roberts appears regularly on ABC Radio, Washington Week in Review , CNN, Hardball with Chris Matthews . He often filled in as substitute host of The Diane Rehm Show on NPR (National Public Radio). He also appears regularly on America Abroad . Roberts has taught journalism and political communication at The George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs since 1997.
Roberts and his late wife, Cokie Roberts, wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column and were contributing writers for USA Weekend , a Sunday magazine that appears in 500 newspapers nationwide. In February 2000, they jointly published From This Day Forward. They had two children, Lee and Rebecca, and six grandchildren.
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