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Ricardo Baca (born c. 1977) is an American journalist best known for being the first full-time marijuana rights editor for a major American newspaper.[1] [2] [3] He was an editor at The Denver Post , producing The Cannabist for over three years until December, 2016.[4] [5] He is the "central character" of the 2015 documentary film Rolling Papers .[6] He also shares his name with the first person to be convicted for the possession of marijuana after the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 was put into action.
Education [ edit ]
Baca went to high school at Westminster High School in the Denver suburbs, where he wrote for the school paper. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1999 from Metropolitan State University of Denver .[7]
Prior to The Cannabist , Baca worked at Corpus Christi Caller-Times from 1999 to 2002,[3] and following that, was The Denver Post ' s music critic and entertainment editor for more than a decade.[6] [7] Baca also co-founded Denver's Underground Music Showcase in 2002.[8]
In 2016, Baca started Grasslands: A Journalism-Minded Agency, which provides PR, content, and social media marketing for cannabis businesses and others in highly regulated industries, real estate and healthcare.[9]
Personal life [ edit ]
Baca has been married since c. 2015.[10]
Rolling Papers , 2015, directed by Mitch Dickman
References [ edit ]
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Perry, Tod (February 26, 2016). "The Country's First 'Marijuana Editor' Talks Weed" . GOOD Magazine . Good Worldwide . Retrieved July 13, 2016 .
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Patrick Coffee (September 3, 2014). "So What Do You Do, Ricardo Baca, Marijuana Editor for The Denver Post?" . Adweek . Retrieved July 13, 2016 .
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"Editor-in-chief Ricardo Baca says farewell to The Cannabist" , The Denver Post , December 29, 2016
^ Andrew Kenney (6 June 2017). "The Denver Post's marijuana editor campaigned against drug testing for pot at the paper" . Denverite. Retrieved 24 June 2017 .
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Jones, Corey H. (May 2, 2014). "Colorado film documents Denver Post's marijuana coverage" . Colorado Public Radio . Retrieved July 13, 2016 .
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Wilmes, Tom (June 23, 2015). "Seeds of Change: Ricardo Baca breaks new ground as he covers one of the biggest stories to come out of Colorado in years" . Metropolitan Denver Magazine . Metropolitan State University of Denver. Retrieved July 13, 2016 .
^ Ashley Dean (2017-07-24). "How the "underground" became the biggest show in Denver" . Denverite . Retrieved 2017-10-09 .
^ Rolling Stone Culture Council (2020-11-19). "Meet Six Leaders From the Rolling Stone Culture Council" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved 2021-06-01 .
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St. John, Colin (July 24, 2015). "The Cannabist's Ricardo Baca Totally Watches 'The Bachelorette': The marijuana editor lights up the spectrum" . Inverse . Retrieved July 13, 2016 .
Further reading [ edit ]
Keefer Fulgham (December 12, 2013), "Interview: Ricardo Baca, Marijuana Editor Of The Denver Post" , OpenAir , Colorado Public Radio
"Meet the New Pot Editor" (Streaming audio and transcript) , On the Media , New York: WNYC, December 13, 2013
"The Denver Post's new marijuana editor: live Q&A with Ricardo Baca" , The Guardian , UK, December 4, 2013
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