[3] In 1982, Roberts began her career at WTVM, a local television station in Columbus, Georgia, and then she moved on to work at WBIR, a local television station in Knoxville, Tennessee.

[4][5] From 1987 to 1990, she served as bureau chief/NASA field reporter/weekend news co-anchor at WFTV, a local television station in Orlando, Florida.

[7] Roberts has contributed to other of the network's platforms, including Good Morning America, Primetime, Nightline, and The Katie Couric Show.

[8] In 2016, the non-fiction book, Been There, Done That: Family Wisdom for Modern Times, written by Roberts and husband Al Roker, was published.

[2] In 2021, Roberts received a Peabody Award for the 20/20 special report, “Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor.”[9] Roberts resides in Manhattan with her husband Al Roker, whom she married in September 1995;[10] they have a daughter and a son.