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Roberts in May 2009
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Born |
Deborah Ann Roberts September 20, 1960 Perry, Georgia, United States |
Residence | Manhattan, New York |
Education | Bachelor of Journalism, Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication (University of Georgia) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Years active | 1982–present |
Notable credit(s) |
20/20 correspondent Dateline NBC correspondent Lifetime Live host |
Spouse(s) | Al Roker (m. 1995) |
Children | Courtney Roker (1987), stepdaughter Leila Roker (b. 1998) Nicholas Albert Roker (b. 2002) |
Parent(s) | Benjamin and Ruth Roberts |
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.
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 in Athens, Georgia, with a Bachelor of Journalism in 1982.
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.
During 1987–1990, she served as 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 served as a correspondent for Dateline NBC, an NBC News newsmagazine program.
Roberts moved to ABC News in 1995 as a correspondent for 20/20, a newsmagazine program, and as a substitute anchor for World News Tonight Weekend, the weekend evening news program, and Good Morning America, the morning news program. In July and September 2006, she was also a guest host on The View, a talk show produced by ABC Daytime, a division of ABC.