Sally-Ann Roberts
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February 14, 1953
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| Born | Sally-Ann Roberts February 14, 1953 |
| Alma mater | University of Southern Mississippi |
| Occupation | News anchor |
| Years active | 1977–2018 |
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| Children | 1[citation needed] |
| Parent | Lawrence E. Roberts (father) |
| Relatives | Robin René Roberts (sister) |
Sally-Ann Roberts is an American broadcaster. She worked for 40 years in news television before retiring in 2018.
Broadcaster
Sally-Ann Roberts was born on February 14, 1953, in Chandler, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. She is the daughter of Lawrence and Lucimarian Roberts. Her father was a colonel in the Air Force and was one of the Tuskegee Airmen. Her younger sister Robin Roberts, is a news anchor for Good Morning America.[1] She graduated in 1974 from the University of Southern Mississippi.
Roberts worked every other weekend at a Mississippi TV station, WDAM, when she was recruited for WWL-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana by its longtime assistant general manager and news director Phil Johnson on the recommendation of anchor Angela Hill.[2] She was hired as a member of the news team at WWL-TV on March 31, 1977, and co-anchored Eyewitness Morning News with Eric Paulsen.[1] She remained with the station until she retired in 2018.[3]
Author
She is the author of Going Live: An Anchorwoman Reports Good News.[4] With a foreword by her sister Robin Roberts, and photographs by her news colleague Eric Paulsen, Roberts authored an inspirational book, Your Power is On!: A Little Book of Hope.
In addition to these non-fiction books, Roberts authored the novel Angel Vision. She gives motivational speeches around the United States.
