Betsy Pisik

Journalist, author, mentor, storyteller

New York

Betsy Pisik

Journalist, author, mentor, storyteller

New York

Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World
I had the privilege of co-writing UNSG Ban Ki-moon's memoir, a candid account of his UN tenure and beyond.
Columbia University Press
California's Prop 64 is a disappointment all around
CA's Prop 64 created the world's largest legal cannabis market in the heart of the largest black market.
Green Entrepreneur
Where is the Landmark Lawsuit for Cannabis?
Marriage equality and abortion became the law of the land with Supreme Court wins. Marijuana?
Marijuana.com
Show Me the Money in the Wave of Fat-Capital Investing
The industry is growing exponentially. How can small companies gird for competition from McWeed?
mg Magazine – Cannabis News & Information
Halting an Epidemic: Polio in Nigeria
Betsy Pisik traveled to Nigeria, to report on Islamic resistance to the polio vaccine.
YouTube
Benazir's exclusive interview
I interviewed Pakistani political icon Benazir Bhutto two weeks before her assassination.
The Washington Times
Featured
Detained by Hezbollah, southern Lebanon
Hezbollah held me during the 2006 Lebanon war, curious about Americans, Israel and colleges
The Washington Times
Featured
Congo: Rape as a weapon of war
I spent six weeks in Eastern Congo to report on rape as a weapon of war. This is the first of a six-part series.
The Washington Times
Lebanese casualties buried in mass graves, awaiting peace
Dozens of Lebanon's dead were temporarily interred in mass graves awaiting return to their villages.
The Washington Times
Featured
24H in Yarmouk Hospital, Baghdad
A day in the life of Baghdad's Yarmouk teaching hospital, where medicine is nearly impossible.
The Washington Times
Pak. women are winning small political, social gains
21st Century Pakistani women seek political, social gains in a traditional society.
The Washington Times
Is Salary Disgorgement Legal?
Retired poultry king Don Tyson paid $700,000 fine for failing to disclose compensation under new Sarbanes-Oxley regs.
Corporate Secretary
Polio's Deadly Return
Polio was nearly eradicated -- until a Nigerian province declared the vaccine "unIslamic."
Int'l Reporting Project
Measles outbreaks spark fears of return of a disease
Despite safe and mandatory vaccinations, measles outbreaks again plague the U.S.
Al Jazeera America
The Geopolitics of Oil and Gas
Energy expert Adam N. Stulberg says the US will never be independent.
Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine
Kano Diary: 5 weeks in Nigeria
Polio, Boko Haram and Abba. Please join me on this adventure!
Int'l Reporting Project (Johns Hopkins)

About

Betsy Pisik

writing

reporting

speechwriting

public affairs

editing

mentoring

questioning authority

photography

investigations

drawing

welding

I’m a Pulitzer-nominated journalist with a 30-year background in foreign affairs, diplomacy, armed conflict, investigative reporting, investor relations, and the $50 billion legal cannabis industry.

I had the privilege to co-write with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon "Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World," published by Columbia University Press in 2021. The memoir was a best-seller in Korea and held its own for Harper Collins India. The Spanish version was published last year by a trio of South American universities, and the Russian publisher has already translated the book and swears the company will be publishing it soon because "now is a good time for a book about peace and hope."

Agreed.

Please see BetsyPisik.com for more details.