Roslyn Maria Abrams[1] (born September 7, 1948) is an American former television news journalist.
[2] Abrams received a New York Association of Black Journalists Award for the special "The Sounds of Harlem."
She has been part of award-winning coverage for some of the biggest news stories from around the world, including AIDS, the Chernobyl disaster, the end of apartheid in South Africa, 9/11, and the Northeast blackout of 2003.
In December 2003, Abrams was named to the Editorial Advisory Board of "Making Waves," the new quarterly publication of American women in radio and television.
Before joining WCBS-TV in 2004, Abrams had spent 18 years at WABC-TV, beginning in February 1986, first as a general reporter and later as 5 p.m. co-anchor.