Cindy Watts

Contributor

Cindy Watts is a CMA Award-winning journalist who has spent more than 20 years reporting on country music from Nashville, Tennessee.The bulk of her career was spent with The USA Today Network interviewing rising, superstar and legacy artists. Cindy was awarded the Country Music Association’s Media Achievement Award in 2015. She organized and hosted USA Today Network’s award-winning podcast ‘Country Mile,' which featured artists including Garth Brooks, Dolly Parton, Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley, Ashley McBryde, and more.Cindy left The Tennessean/USA Today Network in 2020 for a brief stint in artist management and now freelances for publications including CMT, People, Country Insider and more.She has a degree in recording industry from Middle Tennessee State University, where she recently spent a semester teaching journalism. Cindy adores animals, baking, The Golden Girls and Dolly Parton, but not as much as she loves her two children.