David Bloom (May 22, 1963 – April 6, 2003) was an NBC journalist (co-anchor of Weekend Today and reporter) until his sudden death in 2003 at the age of 39.
David Bloom was born and grew up in Edina, Minnesota, an avid ice hockey player and state champion high school debater in the National Forensic League.
Bloom attended Pitzer College in Claremont, California, from 1981 to 1985 where he was a national debate champion. He graduated with a B.A. in...
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David Bloom (May 22, 1963 – April 6, 2003) was an NBC journalist (co-anchor of Weekend Today and reporter) until his sudden death in 2003 at the age of 39.
David Bloom was born and grew up in Edina, Minnesota, an avid ice hockey player and state champion high school debater in the National Forensic League.
Bloom attended Pitzer College in Claremont, California, from 1981 to 1985 where he was a national debate champion. He graduated with a B.A. in Political Science.
He began his television career at WKBT-TV in La Crosse, Wisconsin, covering local government stories.
Bloom worked as a general assignment reporter at KWCH-TV in Wichita, Kansas, from 1988–1989
Bloom next worked in Miami, Florida, for WTVJ-TV. His coverage of Hurricane Andrew, the storm that devastated south Florida, showed Bloom in his element — in the middle of the big story. While reporting the aftermath he chased off would-be looters. In 1991, he won a regional Emmy for investigative journalism for his report on South...
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