John Roberts Biography
Roberts is a Canadian-American television journalist workingfor the Fox News Channel (FNC) as the co-anchor of “America Reports”. Formerly , he worked as the Fox News Chief White House Correspondent from 2017 to 2021 , covering the Donald Trump presidency .
Before joining Fox News in January 2011 , he was at CNN as an anchor and Senior National Correspondent. Additionally, he worked at various radio and television jobs before joining CTV in 1990 , then CBS News in 1992 , and CNN in 2006 . On March 12th , March , 2009, he got inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame .
John Roberts Age
Roberts was born on November 15th , November , 1956 , in Toronto , Ontario , Canada .
John Roberts Career
Roberts started his career on radio at the local college station , CFRE-FM which is in Mississauga . He began his first job as a reporter and news anchor with CFOS in Owen Sound , Ontario in 1975 .
From there , he went to CHYM in Kitchener , and , worked as a newsman and DJ , he worked on-air for radio station CJBK in London , Ontario in 1977 .
John Roberts CITY-TV and MuchMusic
Roberts in 1979-1985 , branched from his radio work and joined the music newsmagazine The NewMusic on CITY-TV to co-host with Jeanne Beker . The New Music , which was a pioneering program at MTV made , Roberts , Beker , and the New Music team win many awards for their work . He served as an entertainment reporter for CITY-TV . In addition , he filled in for John Majhor and later Brad Giffen on various occasions on CITY-TV’s local music video show Toronto Rocks . In 1984 , he joined front Canada’s music channel MuchMusic .
He and his colleague Christopher Ward were the first on-air personalities appearing when the network launched in 1984 .
In 1987 , he left MuchMusic to anchor for CITY-TV’s CityPulse , he was made anchor of the 10 pm CityPulse Tonight when Anne Mroczkowski left that newscast to join Gord Martineau on the 6 pm edition .
John Roberts WCIX
Roberts became an anchor/reporter for WCIX which is now WFOR-TV . It is owned and operated by the CBS television station in Miami , Florida between 1989 and 1990 .
John Roberts CTV
Roberts , in September , 1990 , went back to Canada where he would co-host the national CTV morning show Canada AM , alongside Deborah McGregor . Later on , he co-hosted the show with Pamela Wallin .
John Roberts CBS
Roberts , after that , joined the CBS News in New York in the year 1992 . He started his initial assignment by anchoring in the CBS Morning News with his co-anchor Meredith Vieira . Apart from that , he worked as the newsreader and substitute anchor for Harry Smith on CBS This Morning and The Early Show , From 1994 to 1995 he did the at 5 pm and 11 pm newscasts at CBS’s flagship station in New York , WCBS-TV . From March 1995 , he moved back to the CBS Network as the anchor of the CBS Sunday Evening News , a position that he remained in for almost 11 years , He has anchored the CBS Saturday Evening News from February , 1999 until he became the CBS chief White House Correspondent in August , 1999 .
He served in the capacity of chief White House Correspondent at CBS from August , 1999 to February , 2006 , and from time to time anchored a Sunday-afternoon 3 pm ET newscast for the CBS Radio Network . In March , 2003 , he attached to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion of the U.S. Marines during the initial invasion of Iraq . On 19th , July , 2005 , he played the part of the introduction for CBS’s coverage on the announcement of the nomination of John Roberts for the Supreme Court of the United States .
John Roberts CNN
Roberts joined CNN in February , 2006 . Between July , 2006 and August , 2006 , he reported from the front lines in the Israel/Hezbollah war and at one point , embedded with an Israeli infantry unit , marching 10 miles into Lebanon . He was after that recognized with a Headline Award for that embed .
In October , 2006 , he made a return to Iraq as the first anchor of This Week at War where he served as the Senior National Correspondent based in Washington . He has as well , substituted for Anderson Cooper on Anderson Cooper 360°. Also , he served as co-anchor of CNN’s morning program American Morning from 2007 to 2010 . He anchored from New York . In 2010 , this program was nominated for “best morning program” at the Daytime Emmy Awards , however , it lost to Good Morning America .
John Roberts Fox News
Roberts joined Fox News as a senior national correspondent , based in Atlanta , on 3rd , January , 2011 . He currently serves as the co-anchor of America Reports on FNC .
Roberts has reported on numerous breaking news events including the murder trial of real estate heir Robert Durst , the U.S. outbreak of Ebola , the 2013 EF5 Moore tornado , Oklahoma , and the aftermath of Hurricane Irene in 2011 as well as the coverage of American politics .
In January 2017 , Roberts worked as the chief White House correspondent for Fox News . He could cover the activities of US President Donald Trump . At some point , he attracted significant attention in 2020 for criticizing the Trump presidency’s hostility with the media and its failure to properly inform the media . In the first presidential debate in the 2020 elections , he got into a heated exchange with press secretary Kayleigh McEnany over the president’s failure to explicitly denounce white supremacy . During the press briefing , he frustratedly told McEnany to “stop deflecting , stop blaming the media” , these comments would later backfire on him , prompting controversy over the subject in the media and among politicians .
In October , 2020 , he signed a multi-year contract extension and that he would remain with Fox News for the coming years .
On January , 14th , January , 2021 , Fox News promoted him to an anchor position , with a 1-3 pm show entitled “America Reports .”
John Roberts Salary
Roberts Salary is estimated to be between 33,774 USD to 112,519 USD annualy .
John Roberts Net Worth
Roberts Net Worth is estimated to be 1.5 million USD .
John Robert Family
Roberts Family background and details is not known publicly , However , He was born in Mississauga , Ontario in Toronto . He was brought up alongside his brother and sister whose names are not yet known . His father died when he was about 5 years old while his mother died in 2010 .
John Roberts Wife
Roberts once married his wife , Michele , in 2008 , then divorced with unspecified reasons . Later , announced his engagement to Kyra Phillips who is a correspondent for ABC News , on April 25th April , 2010.
Roberts and his wife has been blessed with fraternal twins who were born in March , 2021 . The children are named Sage Ann and Kellan Clay repectively.
John Roberts Education
Roberts enrolled at Erindale Secondary School and joined Lorne Park Secondary School . He later joined the University of Toronto’s Erindale College .
John Roberts Awards and achievements
Roberts , throughout his career , has received several awards including three national Emmy awards for his coverage of the Atlanta Olympic bombing , the death of Princess Diana and the TWA crash , as well as a Gracie award for his coverage of a ground-breaking surgery to repair neural tube defects .