2023 Inductee Roberta Romero

Serenity, Courage, Wisdom

For leading the newsroom with a passionate and generous heart and inspiring us to be our authentic selves. Thank you for your vision, leadership, commitment and laughter in your 20+ years at KING 5 News.

Roberta Romero is a mental health advocate and Emmy-nominated journalist at KING 5. She spent the first 22 years of her career reporting on major news events in the Puget Sound Region, from the Nisqually Earthquake to the Boeing Dreamliner debut, but her specialty was telling and sharing the stories of everyday people.

She left TV news in 2015 for the nonprofit world, starting at Residence XII a treatment center for alcoholism and addiction and Peer Washington, a peer-to-peer support network. Roberta is open about her own recovery from alcoholism and shares her story to help remove stigma and raise awareness.

Roberta returned to her first passion of journalism and KING 5 in 2022, becoming executive producer for the award-winning Facing Race unit. She is proud to help guide and tell stories about the BIPOC community and to take a sharp look at race and racism.

Volunteering is a vital part of Roberta’s life and she sits on the board of Chad’s Legacy, Peer Washington and the YWCA Seattle/King/Snohomish and is an advisory member for Bridges-Seattle Alternative Peer Group. She is passionate about helping disenfranchised people and has a unique skillset to help tell stories and get messages across to a wide audience.  

Roberta is married and has a son and twin daughters, plus rescue dog.