Yes, some headlines do indeed write themselves.
Forbes recently announced that contributor Julie Weed will cover the legal marijuana industry for the business magazine — “and yes, that’s my real last name,” Weed says in . Her opening salvo in a titled “Introducing A Blog About The Legal Marijuana Industry (Which Is On Fire)” states her intentions:
“When a bi-partisan bill comes to the floor of the U.S. senate that would allow financial institutions to provide services to legal marijuana businesses, it’s a good time for Forbes to start covering the Cannabis Industry in earnest.”
While we’re looking forward to more serious journalism in the cannabis space, others are more excited about the easy joke.
Julie Weed gets the marijuana beat at Forbes – of course.
— Romenesko (@romenesko)
Julie Weed is now covering the legal industry for Forbes. The combination name and the beat will go down in history
— Ted Knutson (@TedKnutsonDC)
Congrats to for selecting a reporter named Julie Weed as your new (legal) marijuana reporter 🙂 cc:
— Andrew Freedman (@afreedma)
So, has a new (legal) correspondent whose name is – nobody could make up stuff like this!
— Tracy Garza (@tracygarza)
Soooo, ‘ new contributor covering all things marijuana/drugs has the best and most apropos name.
— Clare O’Connor (@Clare_OC)
Forbes reporter covering marijuana industry is named Julie Weed. I kid you not.
— Bill Bulkeley (@BillinBoston)
Standing, clapping for hiring reporter Julie Weed to cover the marijuana industry (h/t /)
— Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal)
Fun fact of the day: has a contributor who covers the legal marijuana industry named….
— Taylor Popielarz (@TaylorPopielarz)
Cheers to the new ‘Weed blog’ on by none other than Ms. Weed! Glad to have you at last week.
— Eve Cohen MBA (@CanChieftess)
Wait. The contributor for new blog on the industry is actually named Julie Weed? Too good.
— Sharda Sekaran (@ssekaran)
Forbes’ marijuana-industry blogger is named Julie Weed
— Willy Blackmore (@willyblackmore)
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