Zach Roth is the Breaking News/Trends Reporter for The State Journal-Register. A long-time resident of Springfield, he is a 2016 graduate of Bradley University in Peoria and a member of the 2021 class of the University of Illinois Springfield's Public Affairs Reporting program. He has served as a contributor to the Springfield Business Journal and has reported for the Columbus Telegram in Columbus, NE and the Effingham Daily News in Effingham, IL. He resides in Springfield.