<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></div><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the secretive marijuana industry, for decades there have been reports of sex abuse and exploitation, and human trafficking. In a recent article that garnered national media attention, <span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Shoshana Walter reported on these crimes. Ms. Walter is a public safety investigative reporter for Reveal - from The Center for Investigative Reporting</span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">See: https://www.revealnews.org/article/in-secretive-marijuana-industry-whispers-of-abuse-and-trafficking/</span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><br></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The California Growers Association is now calling for labor regulation after her abuse disclosures</span></div></div><div style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ms. Walter won a 2009 Sigma Delta Chi Award for non-deadline reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Gold Medal for Public Service from the Florida Society of News Editors. Her investigation on America's armed security guard industry won the 2015 Livingston Award for Young Journalists for national reporting, and it was also featured in a two-part installment on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360."</span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><br></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: medium;">John Sakowicz and Sid Cooperrider interview <span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Shoshana Walter on Monday, September 26, at 1 pm, Pacific Time, on KMEC Radio. Our broadcast is heard at 105.1 FM in Ukiah, CA. We also stream live fom the web at <a href="http://www.kmecradio.org" target="_blank">www.kmecradio.org</a>. Our shows are archived and available as podcasts.</span></span></div></div></div></div><br></div></body></html>