Background
Roberts was born in Perry, Georgia, to Benjamin Roberts, a business owner, and Ruth Roberts, a housewife.
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Education
She graduated from the Henry West. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, with a Bachelor of Journalism in 1982.
Career
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/National Aeronautics and Space Administration field reporter/weekend news co-anchor at WFTV, a local television station in Orlando, Florida. In 1990, she joined National Broadcasting Company News as a general-assignment reporter and later served as a correspondent for Dateline National Broadcasting Company, an National Broadcasting Company News newsmagazine program
Roberts moved to American Broadcasting Company 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 American Broadcasting Company Daytime, a division of American Broadcasting Company. Roberts has also 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.
