Sam Roberts
Roberts in January 2016
Born	(1947-06-20)June 20, 1947 (age 78) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Cornell University
Occupation	Journalist

Sam Roberts (born June 20, 1947) is an American journalist who has written forThe 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 showThe New York Times Close Up onCUNY TV.

Roberts graduated fromCornell University in 1968, where he was managing editor ofThe Cornell Daily Sun and a member of theQuill and Dagger society. He was city editor at theNew York Daily News from 1977 to 1981 and political editor from 1981 to 1983, when he joinedThe New York Times.^[2]

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

• Who We Are: A Portrait of America Based on the 1990 Census. Crown. 1994.ISBN 9780812921922.
• A Kind of Genius: Herb Sturz and Society's Toughest Problems. PublicAffairs. 2009.ISBN 978-0-7867-2754-4.
• Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America. Grand Central Publishing. January 22, 2013.ISBN 978-1-4555-2595-9.^[4][5]
• The Brother: The Untold Story of the Rosenberg Case. Simon and Schuster. September 16, 2014.ISBN 978-1-4767-4739-2.
• A History of New York in 101 Objects. Simon and Schuster. September 23, 2014.ISBN 978-1-4767-2877-3.^[6]
• 31 New Yorkers You Should Know About but Don’t (2022)^[7]

External videos
City Talk: Sam Roberts, Urban Affairs Correspondent, The New York Times, Doug Muzzio, Feb 20, 2013
Booknotes interview with Roberts onWho We Are, June 19, 1994,C-SPAN
Presentation by Roberts onGrand Central, March 13, 2013,C-SPAN
Presentation by Roberts onA History of New York in 101 Objects, October 28, 2014,C-SPAN

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