Sally-Ann Roberts is an American broadcaster. She worked for 40 years in news television before retiring in 2018.
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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) |
Early life and career
editSally-Ann Roberts was born in Chandler, Arizona, the daughter of Lawrence and Lucimarian Roberts. Her father was a colonel in the Air Force and was one of the Tuskegee Airmen.[1] She graduated in 1974 from the University of Southern Mississippi.
Broadcaster
editRoberts was working 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 on March 31, 1977, and co-anchored the Eyewitness Morning News with Eric Paulsen.[1] She remained with the station until she retired in 2018.[3]
Author
editShe 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.
Personal life
editShe is the older sister of Robin Roberts, a co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America.[5][6]
Books
edit- Going Live: An Anchorwoman Reports Good News. Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing Co., 1998. ISBN 978-1589803022
- Angel Vision. Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing Co., 2002. ISBN 978-1565549074
- Your Power Is On!: A Little Book Of Hope. Pelican Publishing Co., 2013. ISBN 978-1455619023
References
edit- ^ a b "Sally-Ann Roberts". New Orleans: WWL-TV. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ^ WWLTV (2017-09-06). WWL-TV's 60th anniversary pt. 1: Beginnings and the station's early history. Retrieved 2024-07-26 – via YouTube.
- ^ Mike Scott, Mike (10 January 2018). "Tearful Robin Roberts salutes sister Sally-Ann live on ABC's 'GMA'". Nola.com. The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ Roberts, S. (1998). Going Live: An Anchorwoman Reports Good News. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company
- ^ Abernathy, Karen (July 24, 2012). "Sally-Ann on Robin Roberts: 'It's going to work out'". New Orleans: WLOX-TV. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ^ MacCash, Doug (5 July 2014). "Robin Roberts, Sally-Ann Roberts share their story at Essence Fest". The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, Louisiana: NOLA Media Group. Retrieved August 18, 2015.