Lindsey Carmela Bartlett began writing in 2012, reporting on the cannabis beat from her hometown of Denver. Today, she’s chief media officer at Fast Buds, an expert on the international weed industry, and a contributor to Insider, Leafly, and the Rolling Stone Culture Council. Her work has been featured in national publications including mg Magazine, Entrepreneur, Benzinga, Forbes, Yahoo, MJBizDaily, and The Denver Post. Bartlett is an alumna of the University of Vermont Pace Plant Biology program’s Cannabis Media Fellowship. She has interviewed Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, Erykah Badu, Woody Harrelson, Jack Black, Gene Simmons, Tiffany Haddish, Wiz Khalifa, and Seth Rogen— all in the name of culture and cannabis. She writes and grows cannabis from her home in Humboldt County, California.