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Robert Freedman

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Robert Freedman is lead editor of Facilities Dive. He focuses on maintenance, soft operations, regulatory compliance, data centers, drones, security, refrigerants and water management, among other issues. He’s a 35-year veteran business reporter and editor and a past president of the American Society of Business Publication Editors and the ASBPE Educational Foundation. He’s the editor of two books on business journalism — Best Practices of the Business Press (Kendall-Hunt, 2004) and Journalism That Matters (Marion Press, 2006) — and the author or editor of four other books, including Broker to Broker: Management Lessons From America's Most Successful Real Estate Companies (John A. Wylie & Sons, 2005). He has an MA in humanities from Marymount University and is the recipient of more than two dozen awards for his journalism from ASBPE, Association Media & Publishing, Parenting Media Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, among other organizations. He has been with Informa TechTarget since 2019 and previously was editor of Legal Dive and CFO Dive. He can be reached at rfreedman@industrydive and on LinkedIn.


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