Zach Toombs

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: Blocking The Sun

America’s Wild Horse Problem.

In Real Life: America’s Wild Horse Problem

In Real Life: Mining For Clean Power

In Real Life: Mining For Clean Power

In Real Life: After The Fall

Tomorrow's War Could Be Waged By AI Weapons

Tomorrow's War

Trump supporters breached the Capitol

How A Violent Mob Breached The Capitol

Voters Forced To Travel To Cast Their Ballots

The 'Perception Gap' Making Political Division Seem Even Worse

What most voters get wrong about 'the other side'

What Happens If A Candidate For President Is Incapacitated?

What Happens If A Candidate For President Is Incapacitated?

A web of President Trump's interactions in the days before his positive COVID-19 test.

Contact Tracing Trump: The President's Days Before Positive COVID Test

A video showing the explosion was filmed from just over a kilometre away.

What Visual Evidence Tells Us About What Caused The Beirut Explosion

Gen Z Has Powered Protests For Racial Justice

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

Coronavirus Diary: A Nurse Shares Her Battle With COVID-19

Digital Contact Tracing Could Help End Quarantine. Here's How It Works

Digital Contact Tracing Could Help End Quarantine. Here's How It Works

While US Expands Unemployment, Europe Holds Jobs In Place. Here's How.

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

A Pandemic And A Parade: What 1918 Tells Us About Flattening The Curve

How 'Social Distancing' Can Slow Coronavirus

How 'Social Distancing' Can Slow Coronavirus

A Shot From Police Killed A Protester In Colombia. Here's How We Know.

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

Sen. Elizabeth Warren talks about her plan for student debt at a campaign event in Columbia, SC.

Student Debt Is Reshaping Lives — And The Campaign Trail

Homes lie in ruin across Mexico Beach, Florida.

As Hurricane Michael Recovery Begins, Thousands Are Without Power

U.S. production of oil and gas has skyrocketed in the last few years, but most of the increase is going abroad.

America's Oil And Gas Boom Is Creating A New Global Fossil Fuel Era

"Young Guns" is a new special report from Newsy examining a new kind of gun culture among millennials and Generation Z.

Young Guns

19-year-old Daniel Harris talks with Newsy's Zach Toombs about guns at the 2018 NRA Annual Meetings.

Young Guns (Trailer)

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

Could US Post Offices Become Banks? Here's How The Plan Would Work

YECA member Shannon Farmer joins the Climate March in Washington, D.C.

Young Evangelicals Are Pushing For Climate Action

A worshipper raises his hand during a Sunday morning service at Expectation Church in Virginia.

Debriefing 'Revolt': Media Shouldn't Ignore Religion

The Young Evangelicals for Climate Action march on Washington, D.C.

Revolt: The Kingdom And The Power

A solar farm in San Antonio, Texas

Debriefing 'Revolt': Will Utility Companies Join Clean Energy Push?