Iris Dorbian
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(She/Her)
As seen in:
Private Equity International,
LinkedIn,
LinkedIn News,
Forbes,
Medium,
UOL,
Business Insider,
Issuu,
The Wall Street Journal,
Yahoo News,
Aol
and
Covers:
legal cannabis industry, media, marketing/advertising, arts and culture, small business, venture capital, private equity
PEI Private Equity reporter, award-winning author of "Next Stop, Boston" (Black Pawn Press) and "An Epiphany in Lilacs" (Sunbury Press). Soon: "One More Encore"
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Iris Dorbian’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Iris Dorbian is an experienced and skilled business journalist whose specialty beats have included marketing/advertising, media, small business, finance, private equity/venture capital, legal cannabis industry and theater/the arts.
Currently, Iris is writing articles and content for PEI Private Equity.
Iris is a pioneer cannabis journalist who began covering the space when there were only two legal markets in 2014. From 2018 to 2025, she covered the business of the legal cannabis industry for…
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Interview
See all 10 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
Freelance writer for Newsweek's communication department
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes! I used a Selectric when I was in high school and college. By the time I went to graduate school, we were already in the digital age.
How is social media changing news?
It is giving news an immediacy that is sadly rendering print, a platform ruled by the deadline-driven publishing cycle, obsolete.