Roberta is a PhD student in Journalism at University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication. She is also a Graduate Research Assistant, and is helping with research in UGA's Digital Media Attention & Cognition Lab.

She is passionate about the business of news, digital media, local journalism and civic engagement.

Previously, Roberta was Director of Branded Content at Gallery Media Group in NYC, where she produced sponsored content campaigns across PureWow, ONE37pm and the company’s social portfolio.

She’s co-author of Royal Trivia: Your Guide to the Modern British Royal Family and was previously co-host of the Royally Obsessed podcast. She currently resides in Atlanta.

She graduated with a journalism degree from the University of Florida honors college and earned her MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business. While at Stern, she was a graduate teaching fellow and focused her Master’s degree in three areas of interest: entrepreneurship, data analytics and entertainment & media.

Outside of work, Roberta is an avid reader, writer and traveler (and lived in Scotland for one year). She’s passionate about volunteering, and previously worked with children at a local Philadelphia school to read at a higher level. While earning her undergraduate degree, Roberta also read news articles over the radio for the visually impaired as part of WUFT Radio’s Reading for the Blind service in Gainesville, Florida.

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