Troy Roberts is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 television news reporter and correspondent for 48 Hours Mystery

48 Hours (TV series)

48 Hours is a documentary and news program broadcast on the CBS television network since January 19, 1988. The program originally presented documentaries of various events related to a particular subject occurring within a 48-hour period, and is credited as one of the first to air a "reality show"...

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Roberts was born on September 9, 1962 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. He graduated from University of California, Berkley with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1984. Roberts currenly lives in New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

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Career

In 1985-1987, Roberts worked as a host and producer of a weekly news magazine at KPIX-TV

KPIX-TV

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, a San Francisco-based CBS

CBS

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 owned television company. In 1987-1990, he was a reporter for a Portland-based KATU-TV. In 1990, he moved to New York to work at another CBS owned station WCBS-TV

WCBS-TV

WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. The station's studios are located within the CBS Broadcast Center and its transmitter is atop the Empire State Building, both in Midtown Manhattan....

, reporting for Channel 2 This Morning and achoring local news segments during CBS Morning News

CBS Morning News

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. In 1993, he joined CBS News

CBS News

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 to co-anchor overnight broadcast of Up to the Minute

Up to the Minute

Up to the Minute is a CBS overnight broadcast which offers hard news, features, interviews, weather, sports, business and commentary. Up to the Minute draws from the full resources of CBS News, including the CBS Evening News, Newspath, affiliate stations, the CBS Radio Network and Reuters Television...

, interviewing various news makers and personalities. From 1995 through 1996, Roberts co-anchored CBS Morning News.

In 1994, he anchored CBS News reports from Winter Olympics

1994 Winter Olympics

The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event. Lillehammer was awarded the games in 1988, after having beat...

 held in Lillehammer, Norway and covered many significant international events such as signing of Middle East peace accords and inauguration of Nelson Mandela. During the summer 1996, he reported from the Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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 held in Atlanta, and covered the Centennial Olympic Park bombing

Centennial Olympic Park bombing

The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a terrorist bombing on July 27, 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States during the 1996 Summer Olympics, the first of four committed by Eric Robert Rudolph...

, for which he received an Emmy Award

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

. In 1996, he covered news on presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

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 and Bob Dole

Bob Dole

Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...

. As correspondent of CBS Evening News, he also reported on investigative stories for Eye on America. Additionally, Roberts reported for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, CBS This Morning and CBS News Sunday Morning

CBS News Sunday Morning

CBS News Sunday Morning is an American television news magazine program created by Robert Northshield and original host Charles Kuralt. The program has aired continuously since January 28, 1979 on the CBS Television Network, airing in the Eastern US on Sunday from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m...

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In December 1998, Roberts was assigned a correspondent for 48 Hours Mystery.