High growth market. Melting pot population. Thirst for local news. These characteristics of Maricopa were Scott Bartle’s call to action when he founded InMaricopa 20 years ago. With 100,000 more residents than Maricopa in ’04, Buckeye has the numbers — but it’s still yearning for news/information hub to call its own. With their hyperlocal focus and commitment to community, Scott and Vincent Manfredi are leveraging decades of experience to fill the void and light the path to a more well-informed tomorrow.
Tawni Proctor
Client Services Administrator
Tawni spent decades in real estate sales and business marketing before joining the InBuckeye team. She moved to Arizona in 2023 to be near her family and escape the long, snowy Eastern Washington winters. Tawni has a passion for helping business owners achieve their goals because she knows first-hand the grit and tenacity it takes to run a business.
- Email:[email protected]
Vincent Manfredi
Advertising Director
Vincent brings InBuckeye a diverse business background in both private and public sectors including as owner of InBuckeye’s sister company InMaricopa, a hyperlocal multimedia company serving Maricopa, Ariz. Vincent has served the city of Maricopa as mayor, vice mayor or councilmember since 2014. He is an eager supporter of local charities, donating both time and “treasure” to food banks, little leagues, schools and the like. Vincent moved to Arizona from New Jersey in 2002.
- Phone:(602) 373-9996
- Email:[email protected]
Dillion Rosenblatt
Managing Editor
Dillon Rosenblatt grew up in New Jersey before coming to Arizona to study Journalism and Mass Communications at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School where he received his degree. He is an award-winning reporter who has bylines at the Phoenix New Times, Arizona Capitol Times, KJZZ, Copper Courier and now is the Managing Editor of InBuckeye. Rosenblatt also is the managing editor of a public records newsletter on Substack which he launched in 2022 called Fourth Estate 48 where he holds Arizona government officials and agencies accountable and shines a light on information the public deserves to know. When he's not reporting and editing, he's enjoying life with his fiancée, their cat, and dog.
- Email:[email protected]
Elias Weiss
Editorial Director
Elias Weiss obtained his journalism degree from the University of Arkansas and reported first for the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He went on to become managing editor of the Chatham Star-Tribune, leading the publication to be named Best Weekly Newspaper of 2019 by the Virginia Press Association. After stints as an investigative reporter in the Valley for Phoenix New Times, The Daily Beast and The New York Times, Elias joined InMaricopa leadership in 2023, winning first place for Investigative Reporting and Narrative Writing in the AZ Media Association's Better Newspapers Contest that year. Elias discusses AZ politics every Thursday on KFNX/CBS 1100 AM radio in Phoenix, from 4-6 p.m., and sometimes you'll hear him on KAWC/NPR in Yuma.
- Phone:(704) 999-2529
- Email:[email protected]
Scott Bartle
Publisher
InBuckeye’s publisher began media career in when he founded InMaricopa in 2004. Scott is former president of the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board and IU Alumni Club of Phoenix and a member of the Knights of Columbus and Sigma Chi Fraternity. Scott is a graduate of Indiana University, Valley Leadership, Project CENTRL and the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy. A native Hoosier, Scott has lived in the Phoenix area since 1977.
- Phone:(480) 980-6800
- Email:[email protected]
MISSION
Inform readers/viewers.
Enrich advertisers.
VALUES
- Integrity.
- Accountability.
- Open, honest, real-time communication.
- Prosperity for clients, community, company.
BELIEFS
We believe in:
- An informed citizenry.
- Holding ourselves and others accountable.
- The success of deserving businesses.