 Deborah Roberts joined the ABC newsmagazine, 20/20 in June 1995. Since then she has served as a substitute anchor on World News Weekend and Good Morning America. Prior to joining ABC News, Ms. Roberts was a correspondent for NBC News' Dateline NBC from the program's inception, and also served as a substitute anchor on the network news. During her first season with 20/20, Ms. Roberts reported on a wide variety of stories, including a profile of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks and an award-winning investigation into abuse within the Amish community. Most recently, Ms. Roberts has reported from Africa on the emotional plight of African-Americans who journey to sites where their ancestors were held captive as slaves, and to chronicle one woman's journey to Ethiopia to find her mother. Ms. Roberts has explored the devastation of alcohol abuse in a revealing interview with baseball great Darryl Strawberry and taken an in-depth look at the heartbreak of manic depression in young children. In the 1998-99 season, Ms. Roberts reported from Africa on the plight of refugees in Rwanda , including children who were orphaned after the war. She has also reported on a number of medical issues, including efforts to perfect gender selection. In addition to her role at ABC News, Ms. Roberts hosts a live daily news program called Lifetime Live on Lifetime Television. Ms. Roberts began her network career with NBC News in 1990 as a general assignment reporter. Before working at Dateline NBC, she covered stories in the Atlanta and Miami bureaus of NBC News. She also reported from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait during the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, and from the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , Spain . A 1982 graduate of the University of Georgia , Ms. Roberts was awarded the 1992 University of Georgia Distinguished Alumnus Award , presented annually to recent graduates who have excelled rapidly in their professions. She also earned a Sports Emmy nomination for her coverage of the 1992 Olympics; was cited as top local female anchor by the Orlando Sentinel; and was recently awarded the Clarion Award for her investigative story on the Amish.
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