David Block is legally blind and has been that way since birth. For over 30 years, he has worked as a documentary producer and a freelance journalist. He has had over 1,500 articles published in a variety of publications, from the New York Times to the Philadelphia Inquirer. He has also made eight documentaries, with some winning film festival awards.
He is a graduate of Bard College and Temple University with a 2017 master’s degree in journalism. Temple University also awarded him the Lori Schipper Scholarship for Distinguished Achievement in Journalism. In 2017, he won the Inclusion Award at the CAMMY Awards for his documentary Gift Horses.
