Blake Nelson
@BCunninghamN
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Reporter for my hometown paper @sdut | Former: @njdotcom @starledger @AP | Writing + video, comics, podcasts, animation, data
Joined November 2014
I wrote a millisecond-by-millisecond account of everything happening on a molecular level when naloxone tries to bring somebody back to life. "8 minutes, 19 seconds: Inside one man’s dying body as Narcan molecules rush to reverse an overdose".
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Second, I was with this man when he decided he wanted to go to rehab. But the region has long had a shortage of detox beds. Here's how officers responded.
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Here are 2 key perspectives about homelessness in San Diego:. First, I spent time with a mother and daughter who make enough to pay rent but lack the savings for an apartment deposit. They mostly sleep in parking lots.
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RT @Presspasslc: On the same day a team editorial at @sdutOpinion on the ICE protests was pulled, my position as deputy editor was suddenly….
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RT @LisaHalverstadt: 🧵Career highlight I hope will have many positive ripples: @Poynter just published a guide to homelesness reporting th….
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RT @JayPosnerSD: Have known for couple weeks this day was coming but that doesn’t make it any less sad. Bryce is gone way too soon and cond….
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ICYMI: I profiled San Diego’s first-ever cardinal, a prominent immigrants rights advocate headed to Washington D.C. We get into all of it: His work during the AIDS crisis, fallout from sexual abuse within Catholicism, 500 years of California history ….
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We even got freelance writers Avery Bosco and Madelyn Walthall to follow him around in Rome.
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Amid all the coverage about Robert McElroy, San Diego’s first-ever cardinal, nobody had placed his ascent within California history. So I did. “Historic or heretical? San Diego‘s cardinal is one of the US’s most consequential Catholic leaders.”.
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RT @kellylynndavis: After being a freelance contributor for years, today I'm joining the San Diego Union-Tribune's Watchdog team as a full-….
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RT @LisaHalverstadt: San Diego's housing agency has decided it must shut off a key engine it has used to help deliver thousands of homes fo….
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ICYMI: I got a copy of a not-yet-published assessment of homelessness spending in San Diego County that found gaps in how officials monitor dozens of initiatives. "County homelessness programs sometimes don’t track key information, report finds".
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Thanks to everyone who helped with this story, we found lots of families celebrating both Christmas and Hanukkah.
Left-field request for a feature story. This year the 1st day of Hanukkah falls on Christmas, which hasn't happened for a while. I'm looking for a family with both Christians and Jews who'll be celebrating their respective holidays together. DM's are open!.
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Left-field request for a feature story. This year the 1st day of Hanukkah falls on Christmas, which hasn't happened for a while. I'm looking for a family with both Christians and Jews who'll be celebrating their respective holidays together. DM's are open!.
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RT @LisaHalverstadt: .@SanDiegoCounty supervisors voted in September to loan @UCSDHealth $32M to open up to 30 new inpatient psychiatric be….
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RT @eisingerj: 1/ Here’s a story about how journalism works. Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish. We were recently look….
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RT @thegrade_: The best education journalism of the week goes to @BCunninghamN for his detailed look into the difficult day-to-day lives of….
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RT @LisaHalverstadt: "Available shelter beds sometimes feel like a myth, programs can be overly restrictive about who gets in and elected l….
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RT @thegrade_: In this week’s newsletter: The U.S. falls behind in math. MA parents sue balanced literacy providers. Discovering the hidden….
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The Stewarts recently got a quote for what it will cost to clear the debris from their property: $32,000. "They didn’t create the homeless encampment. But one couple just realized it’s on them to clean up.".
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