Cheyna Roth
Before becoming the newest Capitol reporter for the Michigan Public Radio Network, Cheyna Roth was an attorney. She spent her days fighting it out in court as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Ionia County. Eventually, Cheyna took her investigative and interview skills and moved on to journalism. She got her masters at Michigan State University and was a documentary filmmaker, podcaster, and freelance writer before finding her home with NPR. Very soon after joining MPRN, Cheyna started covering the 2016 presidential election, chasing after Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and all their surrogates as they duked it out for Michigan. Cheyna also focuses on the Legislature and criminal justice issues for MPRN. Cheyna is obsessively curious, a passionate storyteller, and an occasional backpacker. Follow her on Twitter at @Cheyna_R
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Gun reform has been a hot topic in Michigan and across the nation for years, but without a lot of change. MichMash host Cheyna Roth is joined by Stella Yu of Bridge Michigan to talk about how this issue will get different treatment next year. -
More and more state GOP names like Dixon, Karamo, Soldano, and more, are coming forward to say they should be the next leader of the Republican Party in Michigan. Cheyna Roth talks with Michigan Public Radio Network reporter Colin Jackson about the potential candidates. Plus, the results of a new follow-up audit of the state's Department of Corrections and possible changes to primary voting dates in Michigan. -
The school board for Dearborn Public Schools has banned two books, weeks after the controversy over books on school shelves reached a fever pitch. Cheyna Roth talks with Bridge Michigan's Isabel Lohman about the school board meeting that went from 600 participants last month, down to 60. -
The midterms may be over but the analysis has just begun. -
Michigan's midterm election is next week, and the typically quiet school board races have become very active across the state. -
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit businesses of all sizes very hard across the state, especially in areas that depend on tourism. -
This week Governor Gretchen Whitmer squared off with her opponent Tudor Dixon in the first gubernatorial debate ahead of the November election. Cheyna Roth is joined by Detroit News reporter Beth LeBlanc to recap what we learned from the debate. -
The Michigan Supreme Court is the high stakes election in November that you might not be paying attention to. -
Nearly a decade later, the Flint Water Crisis is still far from over for the city's residents.
