Robin Roberts is an award-winning journalist
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Robin Roberts has accomplished so much already during her time as a broadcast journalist. Her reporting of Hurricane Katrina alone not only showed viewers just how bad things were on the Gulf Coast, but she also brought awareness to the destruction her hometown of Pass Christian, Mississippi endured. Quickly following her reporting, ABC launched the “GMA Gets It Done” initiative. Roberts explains that “GMA viewers came to the rescue donating all types of resources to help the Pass and other devastated areas rebuild.”
Raising awareness is just part of who Roberts is and she keeps getting recognized for it time and time again. In 2001, according to Wonderwall, she was given the Mel Greenberg Media Award by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. This award is given to a member of the media “who has best displayed a commitment to women’s basketball and to advancing the role of the media in promoting the women’s game.” She was also inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
The Truth About Robin Roberts’ Biggest Career Moments
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By Nicole Tommasulo/Dec. 24, 2021 7:06 pm EST
Five years after she started at ESPN, Roberts was also hired by “Good Morning America” as a features reporter. She continued on at “SportsCenter” and “Good Morning America” for 10 years until she was offered a co-anchor position alongside Diane Sawyer (via Wonderwall). The year she started at “Good Morning America” was the year Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, with devastation reaching through Louisiana and Mississippi — including Roberts’ hometown of Pass Christian. According to an essay Roberts wrote for ABC, she was on a plane headed for the storm zone as soon as they knew how bad Hurricane Katrina was going to get.
Robin Roberts is an award-winning journalist
Todd Williamson/Getty Images
Robin Roberts has accomplished so much already during her time as a broadcast journalist. Her reporting of Hurricane Katrina alone not only showed viewers just how bad things were on the Gulf Coast, but she also brought awareness to the destruction her hometown of Pass Christian, Mississippi endured. Quickly following her reporting, ABC launched the “GMA Gets It Done” initiative. Roberts explains that “GMA viewers came to the rescue donating all types of resources to help the Pass and other devastated areas rebuild.”
Raising awareness is just part of who Roberts is and she keeps getting recognized for it time and time again. In 2001, according to Wonderwall, she was given the Mel Greenberg Media Award by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. This award is given to a member of the media “who has best displayed a commitment to women’s basketball and to advancing the role of the media in promoting the women’s game.” She was also inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
Raising awareness is just part of who Roberts is and she keeps getting recognized for it time and time again. In 2001, according to Wonderwall, she was given the Mel Greenberg Media Award by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. This award is given to a member of the media “who has best displayed a commitment to women’s basketball and to advancing the role of the media in promoting the women’s game.” She was also inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
