Steven V. Roberts Facts: Bio, Age, Height, Weight, Family, and Net Worth

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Best Known For:The book From This Day Forward

Breakthrough:Graduated from Harvard University and joined The New York Times in 1964

10 Quick Facts About Steven V. Roberts

Full Name: Steven V. Roberts
Profession: Journalist and correspondent
Known For: The book From This Day Forward
Current Role: Journalist and professor
Date of Birth: February 11, 1943
Age: 83 years old
Place of Birth: Bayonne, New Jersey
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse / Partner: Cokie Roberts
Popular As: Steve Roberts

Steven V. Roberts Age

Steven V. Roberts is about 83 years old as of 2026. Steven V. Roberts was born in 1943.

Education

They attended Harvard University, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts in Government.

Harvard University
- Qualification: Bachelor of Arts
- Field of Study: Government
- Period: 1964

Career & Work

Steven V. Roberts' career includes news and reporting roles with George Washington University and The New York Times, a newspaper.

Organization: George Washington University

Role: J.B. and M.C. Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs

Period: 1997–Present

Details: Teaches journalism, ethics, feature writing and political communication at the School of Media and Public Affairs.

Organization: The New York Times

Role: Correspondent and bureau chief

Period: 1964–

Details: United States and Greece · Twenty-five-year career including Washington reporting, congressional and White House correspondence, and bureau-chief appointments in Los Angeles and Athens.

Organization: The New York Times

Role: Research assistant to James Reston

Period: 1964

Details: Began his professional journalism career assisting the newspaper's Washington bureau chief.

Organization: ABC Radio

Role: Chief political analyst

Details: United States · Political commentary and analysis, identified in his George Washington University professional biography.

Organization: U.S. News & World Report

Role: Senior writer

Details: Spent seven years covering national politics and foreign policy.

Organization: Bethesda Magazine

Role: Columnist

Details: Maryland · Contributed regular columns.

Notable Works

Notable media work includes From This Day Forward, My Fathers' Houses: Memoir of a Family, and From Every End of This Earth: 13 Families and the New Lives They Made in America.

Book: From This Day Forward (Co-author with Cokie Roberts, 2000) — A book examining marriage through the couple's experience and examples from American history; became a New York Times bestseller
Book: My Fathers' Houses: Memoir of a Family (Author, 2005) — Personal memoir featured at the National Book Festival
Book: From Every End of This Earth: 13 Families and the New Lives They Made in America (Author, 2009) — Nonfiction book about immigrant families in the United States
Book: Our Haggadah: Uniting Traditions for Interfaith Families (Co-author with Cokie Roberts, 2011) — Book exploring Passover traditions and interfaith family life
Book: Cokie: A Life Well-Lived (Author, 2021) — Biographical tribute to his late wife, journalist Cokie Roberts

Notable Coverage

American antiwar movement and student protests - The New York Times - Reported on political and social movements of the 1960s and 1970s
Ronald Reagan's Moscow visit - The New York Times - 1988 - Covered President Reagan's historic visit to Moscow
United States presidential election campaigns - Covered thirteen presidential election campaigns over his journalism career

Awards & Achievements

Everett McKinley Dirksen Award — Congressional reporting.
Wilbur Award — Reporting about religion and politics.
Bender Teaching Award — George Washington University — Excellence in undergraduate teaching.
Public Service Sector Award — Aspen Institute — Public service.
Father of the Year — Father's Day Council — Family and public life recognition.