Jeff Roth

New York Times Editor-Researcher

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Jeff Roth Biography

In his nearly thirty years at The New York Times, Jeff Roth has become something of a living legend. From "the last man" tending the paper's massive archives to being one of the stars of the prize-winning documentary "Obit," he's earned a coveted ""oh, you'll probably get an obituary in the New York Times.""

Acknowledged in countless books, articles and documentaries, he runs and has reinvented the Times' 120 year- old "Morgues" for the Twenty-First Century. It's a subterranean lair of incalculable value; thousands of drawers, books, millions of photographs and hundreds of millions of news clippings weighing in at more than 600,000 lbs.

A polymath with an encyclopedic knowledge gathered from browsing thousands of files, from a "History of Beds" to "Death Rays" to "Lycanthropy." He always notes, ""It's no big deal, I just opened more drawers than anyone else and absorbed more."" He arrived there almost three decades ago to move boxes and shift cabinets, which he happily still does with vigor.

Jeff Roth's route to the Times was, as most everything about him, unconventional. A score of jobs, white-collar and blue. Jockeying cars and small trucks around the country, law enforcement, running a music label, stockbroker. He's lived enough of a life "pre-times" so that every once and awhile when an obituary is being written, he'll note to the writer, "oh yeah, I worked for that guy..." But it's his curiosity about what lies beneath and remembering why, that has taken him to be referred to at the Times and by archivists everywhere as "Mr. Morgue." But of course he never refers to himself as that, or an "archivist" too rarified, just a "filer."

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/29/2024.

Jeff Roth Speaking Topics

  • Archives and Libraries

  • History of The New York Times

  • History of Photojournalism

  • New York City, History, Histories related to Journalism

Jeff Roth Videos

  • OBIT Festival Trailer 2016 - YouTube
    Within the storied walls of The New York Times, a team of writers is ... Margalit Fox, Jeff Roth, William Grimes, Jack Kadden, Daniel Slotnik,...
  • A Short History of the Morgue | Op-Docs | The New York Times ...
    Inside the New York Times photo archives, known as the "morgue," the filmmaker Katerina Cizek and the archivist Jeff Roth discuss the making ...

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Jeff Roth is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Archives and Libraries, History of The New York Times, History of Photojournalism and New York City, History, Histories related to Journalism. The estimated speaking fee range to book Jeff Roth for your event is $5,000 - $10,000. Jeff Roth generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Jenni Gold, Mark Patinkin, Meredith Garofalo, Jillian Mele and Erica L. Green. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Jeff Roth for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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