Deborah Roberts is a well-known American television journalist. She has previously worked as an anchor, reporter, and talk show host. Roberts is largely regarded as one of the most powerful African-American women in broadcast journalism. She is from a little village in Georgia, America. Deborah received widespread attention for her journalistic work with Deborah Roberts News, a subsidiary of the Deborah Roberts broadcast TV network. Her most famous works include anchoring Good Morning America, World News Tonight Weekend, guest hosting the Deborah Roberts daytime show The View, and her current presence as a host of Lifetime Live, a Lifetime channel show.

Early Life, Age, Parents

Deborah Roberts was born on September 20, 1960, in Perry, Georgia, to parents Benjamin Roberts and Ruth Roberts. Her father owned a carpet installation business, and her mother was a housewife. Deborah grew up with nine siblings. Lawrence Jr., also known as Butch, is her older brother. Tina Clarington is her older sister.

Deborah received her higher education at the University of Georgia’s renown Henry W Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Athens. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism there in 1982. She then began her career in the journalism profession. Deborah was rewarded with the accolade of University of Georgia Distinguished Alumnus only a decade later, due to her great success in the profession.

Deborah Roberts’ Professional Life and Career

After graduating in 1982, Robert began her career at WTVM, a local television station in Columbus, Georgia. She then went on to work for WBIR, another TV station in Knoxville, Tennessee. Deborah worked as a bureau head, weekend news co-anchor, and NASA field reporter at WFTV (a local TV station in Orlando, Florida) from 1987 until 1990. Deborah was hired as a correspondent for the NBC news channel in 1990. She quickly rose to the position of correspondent on Dateline, NBC, an NBC news magazine program. Deborah departed NBC for Deborah Roberts News in 1995. She was employed as a correspondent for the newsmagazine show 20/20. She went on to lead two other shows: Good Morning America, a morning news show, and World News Tonight Weekend, a weekend evening news show.

Deborah appeared as a guest presenter on The View, a talk show produced by Deborah Roberts daytime, a division of Deborah Roberts, between July and September of 2006. Deborah and her husband Al Rooker co-wrote their first book, Been There, Done That: Family Wisdom for Modern Times, which was published in 2016. She has also received multiple important awards, including an Emmy and a Clarion award in the domain of broadcast journalism. She was commended for her contributions to numerous news network programs such as nightlife, primetime, good morning America, the Katie Couric Show, and the Lifetime television channel’s lifetime life.

Deborah Roberts Relationship

Deborah Roberts has been happily married to Al Rooker for 26 years. He’s also a well-known television personality. On September 16, 1995, the pair married. The couple has two children. Their first child, a daughter named Leila, was born on November 17th, 1998, and she is now 23 years old. Their son, Nicholas, is 19 years old and was born on July 18th, 2002. He had specific learning challenges as a child, yet he was just accepted to a prestigious college in the United States. When Nicholas (Nick) moved out, his parents said an emotional farewell.

He also has a black belt in taekwondo and competes in swimming. Deborah is also the stepmother of Courtney Rooker, Al Rooker’s first marriage’s daughter. The family currently resides in Manhattan, New York City, United States of America. Deborah just shared an emotional and heartfelt farewell to 2021 on Instagram. Her husband and her were on a date night to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Their followers were moved to tears by the personal touch.

Deborah Roberts Salary and Net worth

Deborah Roberts is a well-known television journalist with a net worth of $10 million. Her annual salary is roughly $800,000 USD.

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