Ryan W. Grim (born March 23, 1978) is an American author and journalist. Grim was Washington, D.C. bureau chief for '' HuffPost'' and is the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for '' The Intercept.'' He is also a political commentator for '' Breaking Points'' and appears frequently on ''

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,''. His writings have appeared in several publications, including '' Rolling Stone'', '' The Washington Post'', and '' Politico''. He is the author of ''This Is Your Country on Drugs'' and ''We've Got People''. He cofounded Strong Arm Press, an independent

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publishing house. Grim and The Federalist editor Emily Jashinsky were the regular Friday hosts of ''

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''. They resigned in September 2022 and joined ''Breaking Points'', where they host ''Counterpoints'' on Fridays.

Early life and education

Grim was born in Still Pond, Maryland. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Master of Public Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Career

After earning his master's degree, Grim worked as a legislative analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project. He also worked as a

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in New York City. Grim has written about the history of drug use and

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in the United States. He has presented his research on why drugs are popular at certain times in history, and his thoughts on the government's war on drugs. He formerly worked as a junior staffer at the Marijuana Policy Project. Grim joined '' HuffPost'' (then ''The Huffington Post'') in January 2009. In his role heading a team at ''HuffPost'', reporters on the team twice made finalist for the

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. Towards the end of his tenure at ''HuffPost'', significant leadership changes were occurring, sparked by Arianna Huffington's exit. Grim left his position at ''HuffPost'' in 2017 after nine years with the paper, joining '' The Intercept'' to head their Washington, D.C. bureau. Following the move to ''The Intercept'', Grim and Alex Lawson established Strong Arm Press, a small imprint printing press. Grim decided to launch the press because he felt that the Trump administration was moving too quickly for the standard publishing cycle, which tends to take around a year to publish a book. He launched Strong Arm Press to accommodate shorter, cheaper, lower-volume books with a shorter publishing turnaround-time. The first title published was ''Out of the Ooze'', a profile of Tom Price which reached Amazon's top 100 list. Books are funded through

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campaigns. Grim published ''We've Got People'', a history on progressivism and the

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, through Strong Arm Press in 2019.

Noted reportage

During the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination, Grim was the first to report that California Senator Dianne Feinstein had received a letter related to Kavanaugh, which was later revealed to be from Christine Blasey Ford alleging that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her in high school. Grim also reported on former Trump aide

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's abuse allegations by his ex-wives. He reported early on the 2018 campaign of

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. In 2016, Grim published a blog post in which he questioned '' FiveThirtyEight'' models and predictions for the

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. Grim's criticisms were later repudiated by ''FiveThirtyEight'' founder Nate Silver, and Grim issued corrections to his original blog post. In August 2020, Grim used emails from University of Massachusetts College Democrats to dismantle an attempt to smear progressive candidate Alex Morse.

Publications

* '' This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America''; Publisher: Wiley (June 22, 2009) . * ''We've Got People: From Jesse Jackson to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the End of Big Money and the Rise of a Movement'' (May 2019)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grim, Ryan 1978 births Living people 21st-century American journalists American drug policy reform activists Journalists from Maryland The Young Turks people University of Maryland, College Park alumni