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Hemp Grower Magazine Announces Appointment of New Senior Level Editors; Additional Staff Hires and Promotions

Theresa Bennett takes the helm as Editor; Patrick Williams is promoted to Managing Editor; Anthony Lange is hired as Associate Editor and Andriana Ruscitto is hired as Assistant Editor.


VALLEY VIEW, OH (February 11, 2021) – Hemp Grower magazine, owned by B2B publishing company GIE Media Inc., announces the promotions of two senior-level editors and two new hires to continue to advance this rapidly growing media brand launched in November 2019.

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Bennett

Theresa Bennett, formerly Hemp Grower managing editor, has been promoted to Editor. Bennett will be responsible for driving the editorial direction and running the daily operations of the monthly print magazine, under the leadership of Editorial Director Noelle Skodzinski. She will also work with Digital Editor Eric Sandy to continue to grow the digital media assets of the brand, including HempGrower.com and the Hemp Grower e-newsletter.

Bennett began her career at GIE Media in 2018. She joined the Hemp Grower team in 2020 as Associate Editor and was quickly promoted to Managing Editor later that year. Previously, Bennett served as a Metro Student Correspondent and Reporter at Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com. She is a graduate of Kent State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Magazine Journalism. 

“Since Theresa joined the team at Hemp Grower, the entire team has been incredibly impressed with her editorial skills and passion for the hemp industry,” Skodzinski said. “I’m looking forward to seeing how she grows in this role and how she will lead the Hemp Grower brand in its mission to be a trusted resource for legal hemp farmers in North America.”

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Patrick Williams, formerly Senior Editor of Hemp Grower, as well as GIE Media sister publications Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary magazines, has been promoted to Managing Editor of Hemp Grower. Williams will be responsible for editing, content creation and working with Hemp Grower’s esteemed contributors and columnists to produce in-depth, actionable and relevant cultivation and business content for the print magazine and the brand’s digital assets. 

“Patrick has been an invaluable asset to the Cannabis Group, and we’re thrilled to promote him to this new leadership position,” Skodzinski said. “He is hard-working, dedicated and terrifically talented, and those qualities will help lead Hemp Grower through its transition in 2021 from a bimonthly publication to a monthly publication.”

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Lange

Anthony Lange has been hired as Associate Editor for Hemp Grower and its sister publications Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary, where he will work under Digital Editor Eric Sandy to contribute primarily digital content to support the brands’ ongoing growth in web traffic, with additional contributions to the brands’ print magazines. He spent the past decade working in the weekly newspaper business, contributing to the Chagrin Valley Times as a beat reporter, sports editor, photographer and page designer. Before that, he was a staff assistant for a congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., where he drafted responses to constituent letters and aided the communications director. Lange is a graduate of Kent State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism.

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Ruscitto

Andriana Ruscitto has also been hired as Assistant Editor for Hemp Grower, Cannabis Business Times, and Cannabis Dispensary magazines. She also will contribute primarily to the brands’ digital media, with additional contributions to the print magazines. Before joining GIE Media, Ruscitto attended Kent State University, where she worked in the university communications and marketing department, writing stories and managing other contributors for Kent State Today. Ruscitto graduated from Kent State in December 2020 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Relations and a minor in Marketing.

"We are excited to have Anthony and Andriana join our talented team of editors," Skodzinski said. "They both bring unique experience and skillsets that are extremely valuable in serving the audiences of the Cannabis Group media brands. We look forward to seeing their careers flourish at GIE Media."

ABOUT HEMP GROWER

Hemp Grower’s mission is to support legal hemp cultivators by providing actionable intelligence in all aspects of the business—from regulatory news to analysis of industry trends and business strategy, as well as expert advice on cultivation/farming, extraction, marketing, financial topics, legal issues and more. Hemp Grower focuses strictly on the business of legal hemp and aims to provide timely information—through its website, e-newsletter, print magazine, annual Cannabis Conference and virtual education—to help the reader make timely, informed decisions to help them run their hemp businesses more efficiently and more profitably.  

ABOUT GIE MEDIA, INC.

GIE Media, based in Valley View, Ohio, was founded in 1980 and has grown over 36 years into a leading marketing and communications business-to-business media company serving 18 industries. The company goal of Group Interest Enterprises is to publish the highest quality business magazines, websites, e-newsletters, conferences, reference books and other forms of business media in growth industries, with a quality standard based upon editorial value and market leadership. The company employs more than 100 editors, publishers, sales representatives, marketers and other professionals.

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