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Deborah Roberts

Deborah Roberts is a popular journalist from the United States. Deborah Roberts works as a journalist for the ABC News division of the ABC broadcast television network.

Early Life

On the 20th of September 1960, Deborah Roberts was born in Perry, Georgia, in the United States of America. She is currently 63 years old and has a birth sign of Virgo.

In addition, her full name is Deborah Ann Roberts and she holds American nationality. Similarly, she has her belief in Christianity religion and belongs to the African-American ethnicity.

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Caption: Deborah Roberts’s old photo with her siblings (Source: Instagram)

Her parents’ names are Benjamin Roberts and Ruth Roberts. By profession, her father has a carpet installation business while his mother is a homemaker. She was raised along with other eight siblings. Tina Clarington and Lawrence Jr. (AKA Butch) are her older sister and brother, respectively. Her other sibling’s information is unavailable at the moment.

Education

In terms of her education, she earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication in the year 1982. Similarly, for her rapid success as a journalist, she received the University of Georgia Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1992.

Professional Career

In 1982, Deborah Roberts started her career at WTVM, a local television station in Columbus, Georgia. Later, this journalist went to WBIR, a local television station in Knoxville, Tennessee. She served as the bureau chief/NASA field reporter/weekend news co-anchor at WFTV, a local television station in Orlando, Florida, from 1987 to 1990.

Moreover, she started her career at NBC News as a general assignment reporter in the year 1990 and later became a correspondent for Dateline NBC, an NBC News newsmagazine program. Additionally, she moved to ABC News in 1995 as a correspondent for the newsmagazine program 20/20, as well as an anchor for the weekend evening news program World News Tonight Weekend and the morning news program Good Morning America.

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Caption: Deborah Roberts as a host of the show Good Morning America (Source: Instagram)

Besides that, she appeared as a guest host on The View, a talk show produced by ABC Daytime, a division of ABC, between July and September 2006. Other platforms on which she has appeared include Good Morning America, Primetime, Nightline, and The Katie Couric Show. Lifetime Live is a cable and satellite television channel hosted by Roberts. Been There, Done That: Family Wisdom for Modern Times, written by her and husband Al, was published in 2016.

Awards

Roberts has won a couple of awards during her professional career.  In 2002, she was awarded the News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Feature Story in 20/20. Similarly, this journalist was nominated for the News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine in 2014. In 2019, she was nominated for Daytime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Morning Program for Good Morning America.

Net Worth 2024

As a journalist and working for several news networks, she has earned a huge sum of money in her career. As of 2023, her net worth as a television journalist is estimated to be $10 million. Similarly, her annual salary is approximately $800,000 per year.

Relationship Status

On the 16th of September 1995, Deborah Roberts married AI Roker. Her husband is a journalist, television personality, and weather forecaster by profession. With the marriage, the couple has two kids whose names are Leila Ruth Roker and Nicholas Albert Roker.

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Caption: Deborah Roberts’s wedding photo (Source: Good Housekeeping)

Robert is the second wife of her husband. In the past, he was married to WNBC producer Alice Bell. Roker also has a daughter named Courtney Roker, whom Bell and Roker adopted in 1987.

Till now, this American journalist has not been a part of controversy or scandal. Meanwhile, this woman has maintained a low profile and avoids such things which can harm her professional and personal life.

Body Measurements

Robert stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs around 58 kg. Moreover, she has a pair of black eyes with black hair colour, and her other body measurement is still under review.

Social Media

On her Instagram page ‘@debrobertsabc’ there are over 246k followers. Likewise, there are over 52.3k followers on her Twitter page ‘@DebRobertsABC’ and over 27k followers on her Facebook page.