Deborah Roberts took to social media to bid farewell to the ABC News building after nearly three decades since she joined the 20/20 news team.
ABC News is moving from its Upper West Side headquarters in New York City to Hudson Square in downtown, where The View moved last fall.
“Friday finish. Nearly 3 decades after I first set foot in the ABC news headquarters as a new correspondent, the youngest to join the 20/20 team, we are officially saying goodbye to the building,” Roberts said in a touching Instagram post. “The place where network TV legends walked the halls and delivered the news. I was thrilled and a bit nervous to join Barbara, Hugh, Peter, Carole, Joan, Charlie and a cadre of inimitable correspondents. What a moment.”
She continued, “Now, a bright, shiny space awaits us downtown to continue the great work we all love so passionately. Change and goodbyes are always hard for me. I am comforted by routine and the familiar. But change is the only true certainty of life, right? So here we go… making new memories @abcnews.”
In the video, she is heard saying, “That’s it. End of an era. Moving along.”
The journalist was officially named 20/20 anchor in 2023 alongside David Muir after Amy Robach’s exit.
Roberts has been reporting for 20/20 since 1995, when her mentor Barbara Walters recruited her to join the network. She has reported across network news shows, been a substitute anchor on Good Morning America, and guest co-hosted The View.
