Richard Roth

Richard Roth serves as CNN's senior U.N. correspondent and also covers international stories in New York City. Roth is tied for the second longest-serving CNN employee. He joined CNN when it launched in 1980 as deputy bureau chief and assignment editor in the network's New York bureau. He served as CNN's New York assistant bureau chief in 1981, the Chicago bureau chief in 1982 and the Rome bureau chief from 1982-1986. Before joining CNN, Roth worked as an anchor and reporter for AP Radio and as a producer for WPIX-TV in New York. Roth earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from New York University.