Gene Roberts

About Gene Roberts

Gene Roberts

Gene Roberts, a 1962 Nieman Fellow, is co-author of “The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation.”

Gene Roberts, NF ’62

By 75th Anniversary September 18, 2013

Roberts worked as a reporter in North Carolina before becoming the chief Southern and civil rights correspondent for The New York Times after his Nieman year. He is co-author of Pulitzer winner “The Race Beat: The Press, the … Read more