John Roberts Profile
John Roberts is a Canadian-American anchor, reporter, and correspondent working at FOX News serving as the co-anchor of America Reports which airs every weekday from 1 to 3 PM/ET. He joined FNC on January 3, 2011.
John Roberts Education
Roberts went to Erindale Secondary School and Lorne Park Secondary School where he graduated. He later on joined the University of Toronto’s Erindale College where he attained his Bachelor’s degree.
John Roberts Age
Roberts was born on November 15, 1956, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is therefore 66 years old as of 2022.
John Roberts Height
Roberts stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 11 inches tall.
John Roberts Family
Information regarding Roberts’ parents and siblings is currently under review. However, the information will be updated as soon as it’s available.
John Roberts Wife
Roberts was married to his first wife whose name is not known by the public but divorced in 2008. On April 25, 2010, he publicized that he was engaged to Kyra Phillips who is an investigative correspondent working at ABC News. The couple is also proud to be parents to their twin children called Kellan Clay and Sage Ann who were born in March 2011.
John Roberts Salary
Being one of the top anchors, reporters, and correspondent for FOX News Channel Roberts earns an annual salary ranging from $ 20,000 – $ 100,000.
John Roberts Net Worth
Roberts has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as an anchor, reporter, and correspondent.
John Roberts Radio Career
Roberts kickstarted his journalism career by working in radio before TV. While still in college, he worked at CFRE-FM based in Mississauga and later on joined CFOS in Owen Sound, Ontario in 1975 where he served as a news anchor and reporter. He left CFOS and joined CHYM based in Kitchener where he served as a DJ as well as a newsman. In 1977, he started working at CJBK in London, Ontario where he served as a reporter and anchor and later on joined CHUM where he served as the weekday evening disc jockey.
John Roberts TV Career
Roberts started his TV career in 1989 and began by working at WCIX(now WFOR-TV) based in Miami, Florida where he served as an anchor/reporter. He later on joined CTV based in Canada in September 1990 where he served as the co-host of the station’s morning show called Canada AM alongside Pamela Wallin and Deborah McGregor.
CBS
He left CTV and joined CBS New York in 1992 where he served as the anchor of the CBS Morning News alongside co-anchor Meredith Vieira. He also served as the substitute anchor and news reader for The Early Show and Harry Smith on CBS This Morning. Roberts, later on, started serving as the station’s 5 pm and 11 pm anchor from 1994 to 1995 based in New York, WCBS-TV. He then went back to CBS Networks in March 1995 where he served as the CBS Sunday Evening News anchor for about 11 years. In addition to this role, he also served as an anchor of the CBS Saturday Evening News from February 1999 till August 1999 when he became the station’s chief White House Correspondent. While still working at CBS, he won several awards and honors including three national Emmy awards and a Gracie award.
CNN
Roberts left CBS in February 2006 and joined CNN where he served as an anchor and reporter. While working at CNN, he went to Israel and enclosed the Israel/Hezbollah war which earned him a Headline Award for that coverage. He then went to Iraq in October 2006 and was among the first anchors to enclose the Iraq war. He also spent some time working as the Senior National Correspondent based in Washington. From 2007 to 2010, he served as the anchor of American Morning and also anchored Live from New York. On December 7, 2010, he left American Morning and started serving as a national correspondent based out of Atlanta.
John Roberts fox news health/Surgery John Roberts Fox News
In February 2022, Roberts publicized that he was hospitalized and had to undergo heart surgery after a stent put in his heart in 2018 blocked up again hence had to undergo surgery to reopen it. He had missed quite a number of shows and hence felt that he had to explain to his viewers what had happened.
Fox News
Roberts serves as the co-anchor of America Reports which airs every weekday from 1 to 3 PM/ET on FOX News Channel. Since joining FNC, he has enclosed several stories including the 2016 presidential election where he interviewed then-presidential candidates Carly Fiorina, Donald Trump, and Marco Rubio. He has also interviewed Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby, Jacqui Heinrich, and White House National Economic Council director Brian Deese.
Prior to this role, he served as the chief White House correspondent and was in charge of reporting headlines during Trump’s administration. He also went to North Korea-United States Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2019 and provided live coverage. In addition to that, he also enclosed the 2012 and 2016 presidential debates, Hurricane Irene in 2011, and Democratic and Republican National Conventions. He also covered the U.S. Ebola outbreak as well as the murder trial of real estate heir Robert Durst.
Roberts is working at FOX News where he works alongside other famous FOX News anchors and reporters including;
- Lisa Boothe
- Lauren Blanchard
- Guy Benson
- Deneen Borelli
- Brian Brenberg
- Gianno Caldwell
- Rachel Campos-Duffy
- Sara Carter
- Christina Coleman
- Mercedes Colwin
- Emily Compagno
- Joe Concha
- Claudia Cowan
- Janice Dean