Sally Ann Roberts
Quick Facts
Biography
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 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. She graduated in 1974 from the University of Southern Mississippi.
Broadcaster
She was hired as a member of the news team at WWL-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 31, 1977 and co-anchored the Eyewitness Morning News with Eric Paulsen. She retired in 2018.
Author
She is the author of Going Live: An Anchorwoman Reports Good News.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.
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