PERSON: Thomas Roberts

Anchor

Thomas Roberts is an award-winning journalist who anchors MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts on weekdays at 1pm. Roberts also serves as a fill-in host on NBC’s TODAY, and was formerly the host of MSNBC’s Way Too Early and a contributor on Morning Joe. Roberts was made an official member of MSNBC’s dayside team in December 2010, after having served as a freelance anchor for several months. Prior to his addition to msnbc’s team, Roberts served as a correspondent for CBS News.<br> <br> He also contributed to several entertainment shows including “Entertainment Tonight” and “The Insider.” Prior to that, Roberts was a news anchor for CNN Headline News.<br> <br> Roberts is an award-winning journalist, having received a 2002 Emmy nomination and a Virginia Associated Press award for his work on the documentary, Parvo Puppies. He also received an Edward R. Murrow award in 2001 for a documentary that he produced titled, When Parents Don’t Pay. In 2014 his report on “Gay Rights at Work” was honored with a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Journalism Segment.<br> <br> Roberts has also been honored for his work as an advocate in the LGBT community, and is the recipient of the prestigious Visibility Award from the Human Rights Campaign in October 2011. He was also honored by the Stonewall Community Foundation, Marriage Equality USA and The National Crime Victim Bar Association. <br> <br> In the fall of 2012, Roberts married his longtime partner, Patrick Abner in New York City. The service was officiated by Gavin Newsom the Lieutenant Governor of California.<br> <br> Roberts is a graduate of McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College). He resides in New York City with his husband and their two dogs.<br> <br> — msnbc.com