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Blake spent years covering homelessness for The San Diego Union-Tribune, his hometown paper.
He previously reported on New Jersey’s attorney general, state police and prison system for The Star-Ledger and NJ.com. He’s also written about the Missouri Statehouse for The Associated Press, reported abroad for Public Radio International, filmed for The Wall Street Journal, hosted Investigative Reporters and Editors' podcast, contributed reporting to The New Yorker and drawn for Poynter.
While living in Central America, Blake wrote for magazines in Guatemala. He’s shot video with UNICEF, World Vision and other nonprofits on multiple continents.
He earned a graduate journalism degree from the University of Missouri.
Filming on the UNICEF building, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Photo by Josh Jakobitz