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'{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox person |name=Charles M. Blow |birth_name=Charles McKay Blow |birth_date= August 11, 1970 |birth_place=United States |occupation=Journalist, columnist, writer }} '''Charles McKay Blow''' (born August 11, 1970) is an American journalist, and the current visual op-ed columnist for ''[[The New York Times]]''. Blow grew up in [[Gibsland, Louisiana|Gibsland]], Louisiana<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?298466-1/qa-charles-blow|title=Q & A: interview transcript Charles M. Blow|last=Lamb|first=Brian|date=March 15, 2011|publisher=[[C-SPAN]]|accessdate=May 4, 2013}}</ref> and graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]'' from [[Grambling State University]] in the same state. He has worked as a graphics director and [[art director]] for the ''Times'' and ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]'' respectively. In April 2008, he began publishing a column in the ''Times'', featuring [[chart]]s as a form of [[opinion journalism]]. His column originally appeared biweekly on Saturdays. In May 2009 it became a weekly feature, and twice weekly in December 2012. As of May 2014, it appears every Monday and Thursday. Increasingly it is an essay in text with no chart. Blow also wrote a blog entitled "By The Numbers" for the newspaper's website which was rarely updated and essentially discontinued in 2011.<ref name=nytimesbio>{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/CHBLOW-BIO.html | title=Columnist Biography: Charles M. Blow | work=[[The New York Times]] | publisher=nytimes.com | accessdate=November 7, 2009 | date=April 28, 2008}}</ref> Blow is a single father of three children, one of his children goes to university and his twins are in high school. They live in [[Park Slope, Brooklyn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?298466-1/qa-charles-blow|title=Q & A: interview transcript Charles M. Blow|last=Lamb|first=Brian|date=March 15, 2011|publisher=C-Span|accessdate=July 18, 2012}}</ref> He often appears on [[CNN]] and [[MSNBC]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/charles_m_blow/index.html Blow's columns], ''[[The New York Times]]'' * [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101055381 Blow's interview on National Public Radio], ''[[Talk of the Nation]]'' *[http://www.c-span.org/video/?298466-1/qa-charles-blow C-SPAN ''Q&A'' interview with Blow, March 15, 2011] {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Blow, Charles M. | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Blow, Charles McKay | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American journalist | DATE OF BIRTH = 1970 | PLACE OF BIRTH = United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Blow, Charles M.}} [[Category:1970 births]] [[Category:African-American journalists]] [[Category:American art directors]] [[Category:American bloggers]] [[Category:American columnists]] [[Category:American graphic designers]] [[Category:Grambling State University alumni]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Journalists from New York City]] [[Category:Newspaper designers]] [[Category:People from Brooklyn]] [[Category:The Detroit News people]] [[Category:The New York Times columnists]] [[Category:LGBT journalists]] [[Category:Bisexual men]] {{US-journalist-stub}}'