Jeff Roth (archivist)
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Jeff Roth is the archivist in charge of the New York Times clipping and photo archive, colloquially known as "the morgue". After working for a while at an airport, Roth joined the Times archive in 1993; the newspaper slowly reduced the number of its filing staff until he was the only one taking care of the archive.[1] The archive exists in the sub-sub basement of the old International Herald Tribune building.[2] In Obit, Roth described how the Times archive is still used to make obituaries.[3]
Roth is a cousin of Ghislaine Maxwell, a British convicted sex offender. Roth attended a 2021 trial in which Maxwell was convicted of child sex trafficking. In June 2022, Roth described Maxwell as a "friend and confidant" in a letter filed in Manhattan Federal Court by Maxwell's attorneys.[4][5]
Further reading
- Young, Michelle (25 February 2020). "Photos Inside the "Morgue" of the New York Times". Untapped New York. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- O'Neill, Claire. "What Lies Beneath The New York Times? A Lively Morgue And Its Lonely Keeper". NPR. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- Bennett, Jessica (May 7, 2012). "Inside the New York Times Photo Morgue, a Possible New Life for Print". WNYC. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
