Ken Friedlein, executive national editor of The Charlotte Observer, is going to work as press secretary to Sen. Terry Sanford, D-N.C.
Friedlein, 41, will become Sanford's third press secretary since he took office in 1987. He replaces Rafe Greenlee.Friedlein has worked at the newspaper since 1979, serving as government editor, projects editor and metropolitan editor. Before that, he was an editor at the Winston-Salem Journal.