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Blake reports on homelessness and other issues affecting Southern California for The San Diego Union-Tribune, his hometown paper.
He previously covered the New Jersey attorney general’s office, state police and prison system for The Star-Ledger and NJ.com. He’s also written about Missouri politics 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.
He spent several years writing for magazines in Guatemala and has shot video with UNICEF, World Vision and other non-profits throughout Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean. Blake earned a graduate journalism degree from the University of Missouri.
Filming on the UNICEF building, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Photo by Josh Jakobitz