Charles M. Blow is an American

United States

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 journalist

Journalist

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, and the current visual Op-Ed columnist

Columnist

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 for The New York Times

The New York Times

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. Blow graduated magna cum laude from Grambling State University

Grambling State University

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 in Louisiana

Louisiana

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, and has worked as a graphics director and art director

Art director

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 for the Times and National Geographic respectively.

In April 2008, he began publishing a column in the Times, featuring chart

Chart

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s as a form of opinion journalism

Opinion journalism

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; it now appears every Saturday. Blow also writes a blog

Blog

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 entitled "By The Numbers" for the newspaper's website.

External links

• Blow's columns, The New York Times
  The New York Times
  The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
  
  
• By The Numbers, Blow's blog at NYTimes.com
• Blow's interview on National Public Radio, Talk of the Nation
  Talk of the Nation
  Talk of the Nation is a talk radio program based in the United States, produced by National Public Radio, and is broadcast nationally from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Its focus is current events and controversial issues....