Troy Roberts Biography

Fast Facts

• Studied political science at the University of California at Berkeley, graduating with his bachelor's degree in 1984
• Started his career working at KPIX-TV, a San Francisco CBS affiliate, working as an anchor and producer
• Worked in New York as a reporter and anchor for WCBS-TV from 1990 to 1993
• Became a correspondent for "48 Hours" in 1998, and has delivered interviews with killer Robert Chambers and Max Factor heir Andrew Luster, reported on the rise in hate crimes and investigated a destructive cult dedicated to human research subjects
• Earned his first position at CBS News in 1993 as a co-anchor on an overnight broadcast
• From 1987 to 1990, he worked as a reporter for KATU-TV in Portland, Ore
• As a CBS News correspondent, he followed the 1996 presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton and Bob Dole, the 1996 Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta and the bombing that occurred there
• Reported on such international events as the 1994 Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway, the signing of a Middle East peace agreement and the inauguration of South African President Nelson Mandela