55 min
012 Reporting on The State of Cannabis from The Front Line with Ricardo Baca of Grasslands Agency To Be Blunt
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Ricardo Baca is the CEO & Founder of Grasslands, a journalism-minded PR agency. He is also a veteran journalist with 20-years of experience. For today's show, we talk about the cannabis industry's current state straight from a man working on the front lines of journalism.
Ricardo Baca is a 20-year veteran journalist, keynote speaker, TEDx veteran and thought leader in modern media and drug-policy circles. He served as The Denver Post’s first-ever marijuana editor and founded news vertical The Cannabist, where he extensively covered the advent of adult-use cannabis and related issues across the country and around the world, as seen in the feature documentary Rolling Papers (Netflix).
In 2016, Ricardo launched Grasslands: A Journalism-Minded Agency to work directly with business leaders in highly regulated industries, including cannabis, energy, and traditional healthcare. Named Marketer of the Year by AdCann in 2019, Ricardo has received numerous accolades for his trailblazing work covering drug policy, cannabis business, and culture, and continues to columnize and host podcasts for a number of top publications.
You can shoot Ricardo an email at ricardo@mygrasslands.com and follow Grasslands on Instagram.
Shayda Torabi has been called one of the most influential Women in WordPress and now she’s one of the women leading the cannabis reformation conversation building one of Texas’ premier CBD brands. She’s currently the CEO and Co-Founder of RESTART CBD, a female-run education first CBD wellness brand. And has formerly held marketing positions at WP Engine and WebDevStudios. Shayda is the host of a podcast for cannabis marketers called To Be Blunt, where she interviews top cannabis brands on their most successful marketing initiatives. When Shayda’s not building her cannabiz in Texas, you can find her on the road exploring the best hikes and spots for vegan ice cream. Follow Shayda at @withshayda.
Tweetable Quotes:
“If you know anything about journalism, you know that, really, journalists are there to communicate as unbiased as possible.” – Ricardo Baca
Resources Mentioned:
Coda Signature
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Ricardo Baca is the CEO & Founder of Grasslands, a journalism-minded PR agency. He is also a veteran journalist with 20-years of experience. For today's show, we talk about the cannabis industry's current state straight from a man working on the front lines of journalism.
Ricardo Baca is a 20-year veteran journalist, keynote speaker, TEDx veteran and thought leader in modern media and drug-policy circles. He served as The Denver Post’s first-ever marijuana editor and founded news vertical The Cannabist, where he extensively covered the advent of adult-use cannabis and related issues across the country and around the world, as seen in the feature documentary Rolling Papers (Netflix).
In 2016, Ricardo launched Grasslands: A Journalism-Minded Agency to work directly with business leaders in highly regulated industries, including cannabis, energy, and traditional healthcare. Named Marketer of the Year by AdCann in 2019, Ricardo has received numerous accolades for his trailblazing work covering drug policy, cannabis business, and culture, and continues to columnize and host podcasts for a number of top publications.
You can shoot Ricardo an email at ricardo@mygrasslands.com and follow Grasslands on Instagram.
Shayda Torabi has been called one of the most influential Women in WordPress and now she’s one of the women leading the cannabis reformation conversation building one of Texas’ premier CBD brands. She’s currently the CEO and Co-Founder of RESTART CBD, a female-run education first CBD wellness brand. And has formerly held marketing positions at WP Engine and WebDevStudios. Shayda is the host of a podcast for cannabis marketers called To Be Blunt, where she interviews top cannabis brands on their most successful marketing initiatives. When Shayda’s not building her cannabiz in Texas, you can find her on the road exploring the best hikes and spots for vegan ice cream. Follow Shayda at @withshayda.
Tweetable Quotes:
“If you know anything about journalism, you know that, really, journalists are there to communicate as unbiased as possible.” – Ricardo Baca
Resources Mentioned:
Coda Signature
SPONSORSHIP is brought to you by Restart CBD. Check them out for your CBD needs!
LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to join me for episodes featuring some serious cannabis industry by sharing this episode or click here to listen to our previous episodes. You can listen to my podcast on Spotify, Stitcher, Buzzsprout,
RESTART CBD
RESTART CBD is an education first CBD wellness brand shipping nationwide.
restartcbd.com
Support the show
Get full access to To Be Blunt at tobebluntpod.substack.com/subscribe
55 min