Thomas Roberts Bio - Biography

Name Thomas Roberts
Height
Naionality American
Date of Birth 5-October-1972
Place of Birth United States
Famous for Acting
Thomas Roberts is an American journalist who, since April 2010, has served as a news anchor for MSNBC, a cable-news channel. Roberts joined CNN, a cable-news channel, in December 2001 and was based in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a weekday anchor on CNN Headline News, one of CNN's sister channels, and provided Prime NewsBreaks. While at CNN Headline News, Roberts co-anchored with Judy Fortin, Sophia Choi and Kathleen Kennedy.

He co-anchored the CNN Headline News coverage of the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and the channel's ongoing Iraq War coverage. He received an Emmy Award nomination in 2002 for his investigation into a local puppy mill that was eventually shut down due to his reporting, according to CNN. Roberts resigned from CNN on May 1, 2007, to settle in the Washington, D.C., area and pursue "new journalistic opportunities". In late April 2010, Roberts began freelance anchoring for MSNBC and was named full-time anchor in December. Roberts primarily anchors daytime coverage but also has substituted as weekend anchor and overnight news update anchor on MSNBC as well as NBC News's Early Today on NBC and First Look on MSNBC. Roberts has also anchored at the news desk on the weekday and weekend versions of Today for NBC News.

From December 2010 through February 2011 Roberts anchored the 3 p.m. (Eastern time) hour of MSNBC until he was moved to his current 11 a.m. (Eastern time) hour. Roberts substituted for Keith Olbermann as the host of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann on November 5 and 8, 2010, when Olbermann was suspended from MSNBC for making campaign contributions to candidates in the U.S. 2010 elections.

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