Steven V. Roberts: Difference between revisions

| name = Steven V. Roberts

| alma_matereducation = [[Harvard University]] ([[B. A.|BA]])

| occupation = journalist, writer, political commentator

'''Steven V. Roberts''' (born February 11, 1943) is an [[United States|American]] [[journalist]], [[writer]], and [[political commentator]].

Roberts was born in [[Bayonne, New Jersey]], and graduated from [[Bayonne High School]].<ref>Rahman, Sarah. [http://www.nj.com/bayonne/index.ssf/2009/12/author_steven_v_roberts_pays_a.html "Author Steven V. Roberts pays a visit to hometown of Bayonne"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', December 11, 2009. Accessed March 19, 2017. "For author Steven V. Roberts, Bayonne will always be the home to come back to, despite travels across continents and moving from one corner of the world to the next."</ref> He attended [[Harvard University]], where he served as editor of the student newspaper, ''[[The Harvard Crimson]]''. After graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in Government in 1964, Roberts was hired by ''[[The New York Times]]'' as research assistant to [[James Reston]], then the paper's [[Washington, D.C.]] bureau chief. He was a senior writer at ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' for seven years, where he isand nowlater a contributing editor. As a Washington [[pundit (politics)|pundit]], Roberts appears regularly on [[Citadel Media|ABC Radio]], ''[[Washington Week in Review]]'', [[CNN]], ''[[Hardball with Chris Matthews]]''. He often fillsfilled in as substitute host of ''[[The Diane Rehm Show]]'' on [[NPR]] (National Public Radio). He also appears regularly on ''[[America Abroad]]''. Roberts has taught journalism and political communication at [[The George Washington University]]'s School of Media and Public Affairs since 1997.

Roberts and his wife, [[Cokie Roberts]], writewrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column and arewere contributing writers for ''[[USA Weekend]]'', a Sunday magazine that appears in 500 newspapers nationwide. In February 2000, they jointly published ''From This Day Forward''. They have two children, Lee and Rebecca, and six grandchildren.

==Books by Steve Roberts==

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