Cannabis Journalists

I cover the cannabis industry for Bloomberg News, with over a decade of experience as a business reporter for both print and broadcast.

Matt is based in the Greater Toronto Area and covers international cannabis markets for Marijuana Business Daily. Previously, he worked as a business editor, photographer and reporter for newspapers and magazines in three countries, covering everything from the oil and gas industry in northern British Columbia to North Korean defectors in Seoul.

@Reuters 🇨🇦 financial industry, weed reporter.

Before joining the heath team, Gemma was formerly The Sun Online's US deputy digital news editor, based in New York, and also on the UK news desk. Also worked as an online news reporter for the Mirror and MailOnline.

Reporting for @TheSun. Previously Ferrari Press Agency and Derby Telegraph.

I am a breaking news reporter for Forbes in London, covering Europe and the U.S. Previously I was a news reporter for HuffPost UK, the Press Association and a night reporter at the Guardian. I studied Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics, where I was a writer and editor for one of the university’s global affairs magazines, the London Globalist. That led me to Goldsmiths, University of London, where I completed my M.A. in Journalism.

Paul Demko is the cannabis editor at POLITICO Pro. Previously, he spent four years on the health care team, primarily covering the insurance industry. Prior to joining POLITICO, he was the Washington bureau chief at Modern Healthcare. Demko also spent a decade reporting in Minnesota, including stints with Politics in Minnesota and City Pages. He started his career at The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

Alexander Nieves covers cannabis policy for POLITICO California. Before joining POLITICO, he covered local government for Richmond (CA) Confidential and interned with the Los Angeles Daily News, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Sports Illustrated. A Los Angeles native, Alexander holds a master’s degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and a B.A. in Diplomacy from Occidental College.

Jimi Devine has been involved in cannabis reform since 2005 and has worked in the Berkeley cannabis industry since 2009 when he moved to California from Lynn, Massachusetts. Currently serving as Staff Writer here at Cannabis Now, you can also find his writings on cannabis products and policy in the San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, The Hill, The Chronicle of High Education, GreenState.com, Marijuana.com, 7x7 Magazine, and in Ed Rosenthal's most recent book This Bud's for You. Jimi has a BA in Journalism and Media Studies from Franklin Pierce University.

Reporter for @AP covering cannabis and breaking news.

I am an Aspen-based freelance journalist known as “the world’s first marijuana style writer” for my work at The Cannabist, The Denver Post’s award-winning online vertical. Since its launch in 2014, I’ve written about the ever-evolving world of weed culture for many media outlets and pen “High Country,” a weekly cannabis column for The Aspen Times. My industry insight has been profiled in Adweek, The Business of Fashion, Bust, Complex, Cosmopolitan, Racked, Refinery29 and more. I hold a master's degree in journalism from the University of Colorado Boulder and produced the documentary "Rolling Papers," which follows the historic first year of adult-use cannabis and premiered at SXSW in 2015.

Tom Angell is the editor of Marijuana Moment. A 15-year veteran in the cannabis law reform movement, he covers the policy and politics of marijuana. Separately, he founded the nonprofit Marijuana Majority. Previously he reported for Marijuana.com and MassRoots, and handled media relations and campaigns for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and Students for Sensible Drug Policy. (Organization citations are for identification only and do not constitute an endorsement or partnership.)

Ivan writes about Cannabis at The Cannabis Radar. He has a degree in Nutrition Sciences from University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Centre. He likes to spend his spare time reading to his daughter or spending time with his wife.

Nick has an extensive journalism background, having worked in a variety of media and industries including as a reporter on the UK utilities sector for Bloomberg in London. He was also an early employee for successful digital M&A company Mergermarket where he served as the Content Editor. Originally from the UK, he has a BA in modern languages from the University of Wales (Bangor) and an MA in international studies from the University of Denver.

Bart has worked as a reporter and editor since 2003 for newspapers in California, Nebraska and South Korea. He has won several awards for his writing and photography, including a Nebraska Press Association award for in-depth coverage of an environmental fight over fracking wastewater.His work has appeared in The Week, the Washington Post, Salon and the Omaha World-Herald, among other publications.

Sheila Kaplan is a prize-winning investigative reporter who covers the Food and Drug Administration, the tobacco industry and the intersection of money, medicine and politics.

Bloomberg "Barometers" beat reporter, covering economic indicators, Proud husband of Marie and father of Veronica.

Consumer Goods reporter at Bloomberg News in New York.

AP medical writer / author of the book Surgeon General's Warning: How Politics Crippled the Nation's Doctor.

Rob Copeland is a reporter covering Silicon Valley for The Wall Street Journal in San Francisco.