Sally-Ann Roberts

Sally-Ann Roberts
Roberts in 2013
Born
Sally-Ann Roberts

(1953-02-14) February 14, 1953
Chandler, Arizona, US
Alma materUniversity of Southern Mississippi
OccupationNews anchor
Years active1977–2018
Spouses
  • Willie Craft
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    ​
    (m. 1977; div. 2002)​
  • Ron Nabonne
    ​
    (m. 2007)​
Children1
ParentLawrence E. Roberts (father)
RelativesRobin René Roberts (sister)

Sally-Ann Roberts is an American broadcaster. She worked for 40 years in news television before retiring in 2018.

Early life and career

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.

Broadcaster

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]

Interviewing Rear Admiral Ann Phillips in 2012

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.

Personal life

She is the older sister of Robin Roberts, a co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America.[5][6]

Books

  • 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

  1. 1 2 "Sally-Ann Roberts". New Orleans: WWL-TV. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ WWLTV (2017-09-06). WWL-TV's 60th anniversary pt. 1: Beginnings and the station's early history. Retrieved 2024-07-26 – via YouTube.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Roberts, S. (1998). Going Live: An Anchorwoman Reports Good News. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company
  5. ↑ Abernathy, Karen (July 24, 2012). "Sally-Ann on Robin Roberts: 'It's going to work out'". New Orleans: WLOX-TV. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ 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.
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