Jonathan
Barrett Walker
WORK
EXPERIENCE
SENIOR
POLICY ANALYST - FIREDOGLAKE, Sept.
2009 – Jan. 2015
Writer
and analyst:
- Primary reporter for major progressive news site with 3 million unique visitors a year
- Produced influential coverage of health care policy, drug policy, elections, and gov't reform
- Wrote about four articles a day, providing analysis of current events and original reporting
- Regularly appeared on TV and radio programs, including Democracy Now, Al Jazeera English, CURRENT TV, RT, CTV News Channel, Sirius XM Left, and The Agenda
- Skilled using content management systems, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Docs, HTML
Strategic
leader:
- Lead strategic planning of FDL's news coverage, activism campaigns, hiring decisions, and website design
- Launched FDL’s “Just Say Now” program, a marijuana reform campaign that has earned more than 2.8 million Facebook followers and an email list of more than 150,000 supporters
FOUNDER
- THE WALKER REPORT, Feb.
2008 – Oct. 2009
- Founded policy blog focused on nuanced, under-reported health care policy issues
- Cited by the Huffington Post, the Washington Post and Politico, among others
INTERN,
WRITER - AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY,
April
2007 – October 2007
DIRECTOR
OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/ FIELD ORGANIZER - DUNNE FOR VERMONT LT.
GOV., June
2006 – Nov. 2006
LABORATORY
ASSISTANT - WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY LAB, Oct.
2004 – May 2006
PUBLISHED
AUTHOR
After
Legalization: Understanding the Future of Marijuana Policy, 2014
The
book explores how legal marijuana will likely be treated in the
United States about two
decades from now, giving readers a sense of
the coming battles, relevant players and political
dynamics that will
impact marijuana policy. After
Legalization
has been praised as creative and
engaging but also thoroughly
researched. Predictions about the future of marijuana policy are
based largely on the history of the United States' regulation of
alcohol, tobacco and medical
marijuana.
- Glowing reviews from journalists and policy experts including Glenn Greenwald and Ryan Grim
- Used as course material in the class “Legalization of Marijuana and Public Policy,” taught by Dr. Nancy Huyck at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Class of 2006
BA
in Chemistry (Biochemistry Concentration) and BA in Science in
Society
