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Southall to cover the cannabis beat for NY Times

Ashley Southall

Ashley Southall, metro police bureau chief at The New York Times, has switched beats and will now serve as the Times’ cannabis correspondent.

Southall joined the Times in 2008 as a news clerk. She then served as a breaking news reporter and metro reporter. Previously, she interned at Bloomberg.

Southall has a B.A. in broadcast journalism from Howard University.

Be sure to congratulate Southall on Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

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