Bloomberg Tax has hired Benjamin Freed to be the state team leader.
He will start July 17.
Freed is currently the managing editor of StateScoop and EdScoop, covering cybersecurity issues affecting state and local governments across the country. He has written extensively about ransomware, election security and the federal government’s role in assisting states and cities with information security.
He previously worked at Washingtonian magazine covering politics, media and culture. He was also editor in chief of DCist.com.
Freed holds a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University.