Rebecca Roberts

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name = Rebecca Roberts


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birth_name = Rebecca Boggs Roberts
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birth_place = Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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nationality = American
known_for = Radio personality
education = B.A. in Political Science
alma_mater = Princeton University
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occupation = Journalist
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spouse = Daniel Jay Hartman (1997-Present)
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parents = Steven V. Roberts Cokie Roberts
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Rebecca Boggs Roberts is an American journalist. She is one of the hosts of POTUS '08 on XM Radio, which offers live daily coverage of the 2008 presidential election. She served as a substitute host for Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, and Weekend Edition Sunday on "National Public Radio".

Biography

Born to reporters Cokie and Steve Roberts, Roberts earned a B.A. in political science from Princeton University.

Roberts began with Shorr & Associates, a political media firm in Philadelphia. She was technology reporter for The World, a radio program produced by the BBC and Public Radio International, for four years. She hosted "Your Call", a local call-in program, on KALW in San Francisco and moved to Washington, DC to host "The Intersection", a news talk show, on WETA from 2006-07. For NPR, she has reported on such diverse topics as the US immigration debate, the conflicts within and between Israel and Palestine, transgenic goats, amateur astronomers, Bikram yoga, and Icelandic geysers.

She is married to Dan Hartman, and they reside in Washington, DC. They have three boys (including twins) and a dog named "Frog."

Sources

* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10169278 Official biography] - NPR
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E4DC1431F932A0575BC0A961958260 NYT marriage announcement] - NYT