A former prosecuting attorney, Cheyna Roth became a journalist in 2016.

She spent several years as a state government and political reporter for the Michigan Public Radio Network. During her time at MPRN, she was a guest on popular shows such as 1A, Here and Now, and All Things Considered. She also had multiple features air on national broadcast.

In 2019, Cheyna switched to print and was an investigative journalist for the Grand Rapids Press.

Now, she is a podcast producer for Slate.

In between all of this, Cheyna co-hosts the weekly series and podcast, MichMash.

Her work has been featured in Broadly, Bustle and on NPR. She's also an adjunct professor at Aquinas College.

Her first book, Cold Cases: A True Crime Collection, was released in the summer of 2020.

CRoth@mlive.com

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