Locals in the national news cycle.
Mike Watkiss
The former 3TV journo is credited for pulling back the curtain on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the early aughts. Watkiss is once again on the world stage in the new Netflix docuseries Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey, about the secretive polygamist sect.
Chris Bianco
Hot on the heels of his second James Beard Award, this time for Outstanding Restaurateur, the illustrious Phoenix pizzaiolo is expanding his Italian empire this summer. The first Pizzeria Bianco outside of Arizona opened in downtown Los Angeles in June.
Tony Valdovinos
Barack Obama and Hamilton scribe Lin-Manuel Miranda know his name. National news networks picked up his story, which was turned into the musical ¡Americano! – first produced by Phoenix Theatre Company. It was recently performed in an off-Broadway theater in New York.
