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Sam Roberts (journalist)

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Sam Roberts
Roberts in January 2016
Born (1947-06-20) June 20, 1947 (age 79)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma materCornell University
OccupationJournalist

Sam Roberts (born June 20, 1947) is an American journalist who has written for The New York Times since 1983, serving as Urban Affairs Correspondent from 2005 to 2015. He now serves as an obituaries writer.[1] He is also host of a weekly television news talk show, The New York Times Close Up on CUNY TV.

Career

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Roberts graduated from Cornell University in 1968, where he was managing editor of The Cornell Daily Sun and a member of the Quill and Dagger society. He was city editor at the New York Daily News from 1977 to 1981 and political editor from 1981 to 1983, when he joined The New York Times.[2]

Personal life

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Roberts is married and lives in New York City. He has two sons.[3]

Selected works

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  • Who We Are: A Portrait of America Based on the 1990 Census. Crown. 1994. ISBN 9780812921922.[4]
  • The Brother: The Untold Story of the Rosenberg Case. Random House. 2001. ISBN 9780375500138.[5]
  • A Kind of Genius: Herb Sturz and Society's Toughest Problems. PublicAffairs. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7867-2754-4.[6]
  • Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America. Grand Central Publishing. 2013. ISBN 978-1-4555-2595-9.[7][8]
  • A History of New York in 101 Objects. Simon and Schuster. 2014. ISBN 978-1-4767-2877-3.[9]
  • The New Yorkers: 31 Remarkable People, 400 Years, and the Untold Biography of the World's Greatest City. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2022. ISBN 9781620409787.[10]
  • Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2026. ISBN 9781639733651.[11]

References

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  1. ↑ Barr, Jeremy (January 16, 2015). "Sam Roberts slides over to the New York Times obits desk". Politico Media. Capital New York. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sam Roberts". The New York Times. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Sam Roberts". Macmillan. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Who We Are: A Portrait of America Based on the 1990 Census by Sam Roberts". Publishers Weekly. February 28, 1994. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
  5. ↑ Oshinsky, David (October 28, 2001). "The Informer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
  6. ↑ Conason, Joe (April 24, 2009). "A Practical Visionary". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
  7. ↑ Roberts, Sam (January 18, 2013). "100 Years of Grandeur". The New York Times.
  8. ↑ "A Historic Arrival: New York's Grand Central Turns 100". NPR. January 22, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  9. ↑ Preston, Ben (December 4, 2014). "New book explores 'History of New York in 101 Objects'". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  10. ↑ Jelly-Schapiro, Joshua (October 25, 2022). "31 New Yorkers You Should Know About but Don't". The New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  11. ↑ Green, Martin (August 10, 2026). "Are They Dead Yet? The Art of the Obit". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
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External videos
video icon City Talk: Sam Roberts, Urban Affairs Correspondent, The New York Times, Doug Muzzio, Feb 20, 2013
video icon Booknotes interview with Roberts on Who We Are, June 19, 1994, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Roberts on Grand Central, March 13, 2013, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Roberts on A History of New York in 101 Objects, October 28, 2014, C-SPAN
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