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Richard Roth (born 1955) is an American journalist,^[1] aCNNcorrespondent who covers theUnited Nations.^[2][3] He was the host ofDiplomatic License (until its cancellation in January 2006), a weekly program that was devoted toUnited Nations affairs. Roth is a CNN "original" — one of the first employees when thenetwork launched in 1980. He has covered a wide range of stories over the last 25 years, from the1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre to the fall of theBerlin Wall and the firstGulf War.

Roth was born into aJewish family,^[4] Roth graduated fromNew York University with adegree injournalism.^[5] Roth lived inWhitestone, Queens, in the early 1970s. Before CNN, he was anews anchor and reporter forAP Radio and a producer forWPIX-TV inNew York City.^[5]

Richard Roth appeared in Robert Wiener’s bookLive from Baghdad. He appeared as a character in the 2002HBOfilm of the same name where he was portrayed by actorHamish Linklater.

The book as well as the film features Roth’s brief involvement with Wiener’s crew inBaghdad which was caused by sudden withdrawal of his fellow reporter colleague Tom Murphy on safety issues. Roth was stationed inAmman before joining Wiener and left the crew shortly before theGulf War began, but within this time became part of an important coverage where the CNN team stepped into a messyUS diplomatic mission inBaghdad and he interviewed a stranded US expatriate worker Robert Vinton. Roth’s interview of Vinton saw widespread coverage in the US and caused subsequent disappearance of Bob Vinton by theIraqi authorities, though he was finally released and allowed to leaveIraq for home.

Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2006.[1] Document Number: H1000085213

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