Sam Roberts (born June 20, 1947) is an American journalist who has written for ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' since 1983, serving as Urban Affairs Correspondent from 2005 to 2015. He now serves as an obituaries writer. He is also host of a weekly television news talk show '' The New York Times Close Up'' on CUNY TV.

Career

Roberts graduated from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

in 1968, where he was managing editor of ''

The Cornell Daily Sun ''The Cornell Daily Sun'' is an independent daily newspaper published in Ithaca, New York by students at Cornell University and hired employees. ''The Sun'' features coverage of the university and its environs as well as stories from the Associa ...

'' and a member of the

Quill and Dagger Quill and Dagger is a senior honor society at Cornell University. It is often recognized as one of the most prominent societies of its type, along with Skull and Bones and Scroll and Key at Yale University. In 1929, ''The New York Times'' stated t ...

society. He was city editor at the ''

New York Daily News The New York ''Daily News'', officially titled the ''Daily News'', is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, NJ. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson as the ''Illustrated Daily News''. It was the first U.S. daily printed in ta ...

'' from 1977 to 1981 and political editor from 1981 to 1983, when he joined ''

''.

Personal life

Roberts is married and lives in New York City. He has a wife and two sons.

Bibliography

* * * * * *''31 New Yorkers You Should Know About but Don’t'' (2022)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Sam 1947 births 20th-century American journalists 21st-century American journalists American male journalists Cornell University alumni Editors of New York City newspapers Journalists from Brooklyn Living people New York Daily News people Obituary writers The New York Times journalists