ABC-TVâs Deborah Roberts: Her 3 keys to reaching the top Share: Award-winning broadcast journalist Deborah Roberts says she lives a privileged life on the Upper East Side of New York City with a successful network television career. But it wasnât always that way. Roberts shared her road to success and the lessons she learned along the way during the program âKnow Your Worth. The Audacity to Believe in You!â which was part of the 2021 American Bar Association Virtual Midyear Meeting. Growing up in the segregated Deep South, Roberts was raised in the small town of Perry, Georgia, one of nine children in her family.