Leslie Roberts

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Leslie Roberts (b. 1962) is a well-known Canadian journalist and TV personality, primarily from his position as the anchor for Global TV's "News Hour" from 6-7pm.

[edit] History and family

As a child, Roberts grew in up in a family full of journalists, stating "...it was not unusual to have both journalists and politicians at our dinner table." Roberts' great-grandfather founded a Montreal tabloid newspaper, while his father (Bill) was a morning-man for CJAD for 20 years. Roberts' brother, Rob, is Toronto editor at one of Canada's major newspapers, The National Post.

At the age of 18, Leslie found himself interning at a radio newsroom, specifically covering the [[1980 Quebec referendum] and having the opportunity to interview Rene Levesque. After finishing school, he was immediately recruited in 1985 as a medical reporter for a CFCF 12, a CTV branch in Montreal. At CFCF 12 for twelve years, Roberts found himself on a variety of different segments from travel to morning talk shows.

In 1995 Roberts got a call from an American news company who was interested in hiring Roberts for a broadcast-related job. In 1998, Roberts got yet another offer, this time to come back to Canada as a full-time anchor, which he accepted. In 2000, Leslie joined Global Quebec as news-director and co-anchor of the evening news.

[edit] Present work

In September 2001, Leslie was recruited by CanWest's Toronto division to be a co-anchor with Beverly Thomson (has since moved on to CTV), citing that the two of them were an ideal pairing for this broadcast. Roberts arrived just a week before the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. In 2006, Roberts continues working at Global TVs "News Hour" and has been receiving great reviews amongst the Toronto media scene.