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SUBJECT: 2006 Holmes/Hunter Lecture
I am pleased to share with you that the 21st annual Holmes/Hunter Lecture will be delivered Tuesday, March 7, by University of Georgia alumna and acclaimed television news journalist Mrs. Deborah Roberts. This year's Holmes/Hunter Lecture begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel. You and others in your area are cordially invited and encouraged to hear this distinguished speaker, proudly is one of our own. The event is free and open to the public. Please encourage colleagues, students and friends to attend.
Deborah Roberts joined the ABC newsmagazine 20/20 in June 1995. Since then she has served as a substitute anchor on World News Weekend and Good Morning America. Prior to joining ABCNEWS, Roberts was a correspondent for NBC News' Dateline NBC from the program's inception, and also served as a substitute anchor on the network news. In addition to her role at ABCNEWS, Roberts hosts a live daily news program called Lifetime Live; on Lifetime Television.
Her journalism career began in 1982 at WTVM-TV in Columbus, Ga., and she subsequently worked at the Atlanta and Miami bureaus of NBC News. She has also worked at WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tenn., where she was highly regarded for her coverage of the state legislature. She later became the bureau chief of WFTV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Orlando, Fla. Her network career began with NBC News in 1990 as a general assignment reporter and from there she assumed her role with Dateline. Roberts earned her undergraduate degree from the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia in 1982. In 1992 she received UGA's Distinguished Alumnus Award, presented annually to recent graduates who have excelled rapidly in their professions. She also earned a Sports Emmy nomination for her coverage of the 1992 Olympics; was cited as top local female anchor by the Orlando Sentinel; and was recently awarded the Clarion Award for her investigative story on the Amish.
The Holmes/Hunter Lecture was established in 1985 to honor Ms. Charlayne Hunter-Gault and the late Dr. Hamilton Holmes, who in 1961 were the first African Americans to enroll at The University of Georgia. The annual lecture focuses on race relations, black history or aspects of higher education with implications for race relations.
