Meet the Team

Founder, Editor and Reporter

Co-author of A New Leaf: The End of Cannabis Prohibition (The New Press, 2014). Bylines: The Atlantic, The New York Times, BuzzFeed News, and The Nation. Adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. @alysonrmartin

Founder, Editor and Reporter

Co-author of A New Leaf: The End of Cannabis Prohibition (The New Press, 2014). Research lead of Platforms and Publishers project at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism. @nushinrashidian

Senior Editor

Adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University’s School of Journalism and editor of The Big Roundtable, a platform for narrative nonfiction. He is the former longtime editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. @michaelhoyt

Developer

Software Engineer with a Bachelors of Technology degree from NYCCT. Full-Stack Web Developer for Cannabis Wire. WordPress custom Theme and Plugin Developer. @MagdaSicknick

Cannabis Wire is working with freelance correspondents across the globe, and partnering with both local and large newsrooms. If you’re interested in working with our team, get in touch: editors@cannabiswire.com.