Robin Roberts
Robin Roberts (born November 23, 1960) is an American television broadcaster. Roberts is the anchor of ABC's Good Morning America. Roberts was the first woman of color and first openly LGBT woman to host the American TV game show Jeopardy!
After growing up in Mississippi and attending Southeastern Louisiana University, Roberts was a sports anchor for local TV and radio stations. Roberts was a sportscaster on ESPN for 15 years (1990–2005). She became co-anchor on Good Morning America in 2005. Roberts was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. Her treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome was chronicled on the program, which earned a 2012 Peabody Award for the coverage.
In 2001, Roberts received the Mel Greenberg Media Award, presented by the WBCA.
In 2014, Roberts won the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. Roberts was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2016.
In 2015, Roberts was named an honorary Harlem Globetrotter, the tenth person to be given this award.
She is the 2018 Radio Television Digital News Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
Roberts was the 2018 recipient of the National Association of Broadcasters Distinguished Service Award.
For their first match of March 2019, the women of the United States women's national soccer team each wore a jersey with the name of a woman they were honoring on the back; Alyssa Naeher chose to honor Roberts.
In April 2022, Roberts celebrated her 20th anniversary with Good Morning America, during which an on-air celebration was held with Roberts being honored with a plaque featuring her name on the grounds of Time Square.