 Per her contract with WUAB, she was assigned to "special projects" for five months and then began anchoring and reporting on air in September 1997.From 1999 to 2008 she co-anchored with Tim White, but when WKYC opted not to renew White's contract, Robinson became solo anchor of the evening newscasts on WKYC in late 2008, making her the first African American woman to be the solo anchor of a weeknight newscast in Cleveland.In 2011 she was one of four reporters invited to the White House for one-on-one interviews with President Barack Obama.