Richard Roth Biography
Richard Roth is an American anchor and reporter working for CNN as a news correspondent. He joined the CNN news team in 1980, after previously working for WPIX-TV.
Richard Roth Career
Roth is the chief U.N. correspondent for CNN and also reports on foreign news in New York City. Roth has written about the U.N.’s part and responses to the Arab Spring, the Syrian crisis, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and many American political events, such as the 2008 presidential election. His stories have been about a lot of different people, from Jeremy Lin to Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The death of Michael Jackson, the nuclear situation in Iran, the death of Heath Ledger, and the resignation of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer are some other recent news stories.
Roth has been covering foreign crises from the U.N. headquarters in New York City since 1993. He has done so in Iraq, North Korea, Bosnia, and Iran, among others. In 2002 and 2003, he wrote a lot about how things were getting worse between the US and Iraq, the process of inspecting Iraq’s weapons, and the war that followed. He has also reported from several U.N. global gatherings on topics like population growth in Cairo, women’s rights in China, and social development in Copenhagen.
Roth was the host of CNN’s world show Diplomatic License for twelve years. The show was all about the United Nations. Roth and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan went to South Asia in December 2004 to cover the disaster and the fallout of the tsunami that killed more than 155,000 people there. Roth was at the World Trade Center in New York for CNN when the twin towers fell on September 11, 2001. In the wake of the terrorist strikes in New York and Washington, D.C., Roth wrote about how the UN was responding. Besides that, he was at Ground Zero in New York City reporting President George W. Bush’s visit to the disaster site.
Roth was the host of CNN’s special report Murder by Numbers in 1992. The show was an in-depth look at serial killings. A look at Western Europe’s Disappearing Borders was part of a special show on CNN in 1991 called “Europe on the Brink.” Roth worked for CNN during the Gulf War, from 1991 to 1992. Roth’s most recent role was in the HBO movie Live from Baghdad. He sent messages from Amman, Jordan, and Baghdad, where he was stationed for 65 days. He also sent messages from Tel Aviv during several Scud rocket attacks by Iraq.
For CNN, Roth was in Berlin in 1990 when the Berlin Wall came down and communist governments were overthrown in Czechoslovakia and Romania. In 1989, he reported on the student protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. He also covered the crackdown by the Chinese government that followed. Roth also reported about the attack on the Achille Lauro cruise ship. Roth also covered the attack on the Leonardo da Vinci Airport in Rome in 1985. He did news stories about the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. He also covered the 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York.
Roth is tied for the second-longest tenured CNN worker. At the start of CNN in 1980, he was the deputy bureau head and assignment editor in the New York bureau. In 1981, he was CNN’s assistant desk chief in New York. In 1982, he was TV station chief in Chicago, and from 1982 to 1986, he was TV station chief in Rome. Roth was an anchor and reporter for AP Radio and a director for WPIX-TV in New York before he joined CNN. Moreover, Roth went to New York University and got a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
Richard Roth Salary
Roth earns a salary of about $47,000-$120,000.
Richard Roth Net Worth
Roth has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which he has earned through his career as a News Correspondent.
Richard Roth Age
Roth was born in 1955, in New York, United States. He is 69 years old as of 2023. He has not disclosed his date and month of birth. However, this information will be updated when available.
Richard Roth Height and Weight
Roth stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall (1.75m) and weighs 65 kgs (143 lbs)
Richard Roth Family
Roth likes to keep his personal life private hence he has neither disclosed the names of his parent nor those of his siblings. However, this information will be updated when available.
Richard Roth Wife and Children
Roth has not disclosed his relationship status as he is very private with his personal life. However, this information will be updated when available.
Richard Roth Social Media Platforms
Roth is very active on his Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. He has 6.3k followers on Twitter 1.3k followers on Instagram, and 1.8k followers on Facebook.