Zach Toombs
Zach Toombs
Executive Producer, Scripps News Documentaries
Zach leads the Scripps News Documentaries unit and serves as a reporter and producer in the field. He has reported across four continents, three presidential elections and several natural disasters. At Scripps News, he has covered a wide variety of political and policy issues, with a focus on climate change, energy, innovation, and Middle America. Raised in small town Texas, Zach attended the University of Missouri, joined Scripps in 2011 and established the Washington, D.C. office in 2016.
Recent Work
In Real Life: Blocking The Sun
In Real Life: America’s Wild Horse Problem
In Real Life: Mining For Clean Power
In Real Life: After The Fall
Tomorrow's War
How A Violent Mob Breached The Capitol
Voters Forced To Travel To Cast Their Ballots
What most voters get wrong about 'the other side'
What Happens If A Candidate For President Is Incapacitated?
Contact Tracing Trump: The President's Days Before Positive COVID Test
What Visual Evidence Tells Us About What Caused The Beirut Explosion
How Gen Z Has Powered Protests For Racial Justice
Why The Stock Market Is Up While The Economy Is Down
Coronavirus Diary: A Nurse Shares Her Battle With COVID-19
Digital Contact Tracing Could Help End Quarantine. Here's How It Works
While US Expands Unemployment, Europe Holds Jobs In Place. Here's How.
A Pandemic And A Parade: What 1918 Tells Us About Flattening The Curve
How 'Social Distancing' Can Slow Coronavirus
A Shot From Police Killed A Protester In Colombia. Here's How We Know.
1.4 Million Live In High-Risk Zones Near Oil And Gas Production
Student Debt Is Reshaping Lives — And The Campaign Trail
As Hurricane Michael Recovery Begins, Thousands Are Without Power
America's Oil And Gas Boom Is Creating A New Global Fossil Fuel Era
Young Guns
Young Guns (Trailer)
Could US Post Offices Become Banks? Here's How The Plan Would Work
Young Evangelicals Are Pushing For Climate Action
Debriefing 'Revolt': Media Shouldn't Ignore Religion
Revolt: The Kingdom And The Power
