About Ben Ledbetter
Ben Ledbetter is a versatile, battle-tested journalist that has worked as a reporter and copy editor for outlets in rural and urban areas.
He worked for The (Sumter, S.C.) Item, the now-shuttered Loudoun Easterner in Ashburn, Va., and The (Lexington, N.C.) Dispatch.
As a freelance journalist, Ledbetter has written for the University of Texas Moody College of Communication, Carolina Public Press, The (Asheville, N.C.) Citizen-Times, The New Orleans Advocate/The Times-Picayune, The (Rock Hill, S.C.) Herald, The (Orangeburg, S.C.) Times & Democrat, The (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record, The (Durham) Herald-Sun, The Denver Post, The Charlotte Observer, The (Wilmington, N.C.) Star-News.
He also edits the newsletter, Down Ballot. His writing samples are here.