Center for Public Integrity to cover political power of broadband industry

The Center for Public Integrity is investing in investigative reporting on the politics of broadband and the digital divide.

Allan Holmes, an award-winning business journalist and former director of Telecommunications and Technology at Bloomberg Government, will lead the Center’s coverage of the political influence of the cable and telecommunications companies that provide Internet service in the US. He will begin work December 2. Holmes, a 25-year news veteran, led a team of reporters and analysts who wrote about federal and international technology policy including spectrum allocation, cyber security, big data and privacy. He frequently appeared on Bloomberg television and radio.