Blake Nelson

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" sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/10/12/8-m…

For all those claiming zero stories on MN fraud by media, Star Tribune alone has written 300+ stories in the last four years.

A deeply disturbing story about how a 69-year-old man’s efforts to save a woman failed when San Diego County sheriff’s deputies apparently dismissed the incident because she was only a “transient.” Via ⁦@BCunninghamN⁩ and ⁦@lunettacaleb⁩ sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/14/a-w…

Via @BCunninghamN and @Kristen_Taketa: Last year, @CityofSanDiego cleared more than 6,400 homeless camps. They preserved and catalogued personal belongings just 36 times. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/28/hom…

Hi everyone! I’m so proud to announce that I joined the @sdut as the East County reporter! It’s surreal to report for the paper I grew up reading. My DMs are open for tips, story ideas and anything else! 😊

This is big: San Diego County recently cancelled a multimillion-dollar contract to distribute naloxone, an overdose-reversing nasal spray that's commonly known as Narcan. Naloxone vending machines are already being pulled from local jails. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/31/san…

I spent @Comic_Con following a collector and a creator as they searched for someone who could help realize their long-held dreams. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/27/one…

Come work with me! The Union-Tribune is hiring a reporter to cover East San Diego County. This used to be my beat and I already have phone numbers for you. myworkdaycenter.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MNG/deta…

@RBmediaAuthors It's not by me! I'm a different Blake Nelson!

Save 60% on the "Boy" audiobook by @BCunninghamN, and @BCunninghamN. You're not going to find a better deal than this! Offer ends 07/30. audiobooks.com/promotions/pro…

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. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/05/18/a-m…

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. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/06/29/san…

On the same day a team editorial at @sdutOpinion on the ICE protests was pulled, my position as deputy editor was suddenly eliminated. Thanks 🙏🏽 to the SD community for allowing me to lift your voices. My next chapter TBA. I won’t be silenced and neither should you. 💪🏽

🧵Career highlight I hope will have many positive ripples: @Poynter just published a guide to homelesness reporting that I've spent months creating with an impressive group of journalists across the country with years of experience on the beat. poynter.org/ethics-trust/2…

@objkshn @sullivanms @CityofSanDiego I promise I’m still trying to get more details!

@sullivanms @BCunninghamN @CityofSanDiego Got it.

Police aren’t allowed inside shelter. How did ICE get inside?

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 condolences to his lovely mom Bea, his brothers Bruce & Brian & the rest of his family & many friends who were lucky enough to know him. sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/22/bry…

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 … sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/02/his…

New photos by @NelCepeda and @anamariarphoto. Video by @TamayoMedia.

We even got freelance writers Avery Bosco and Madelyn Walthall to follow him around in Rome.

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.” sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/02/his…

After being a freelance contributor for years, today I'm joining the San Diego Union-Tribune's Watchdog team as a full-time reporter. Special thanks to @schulzsam, @SDUTmcdonald and Lora Cicalo for their support. Tips: kelly.davis@sduniontribune.com

San Diego's housing agency has decided it must shut off a key engine it has used to help deliver thousands of homes for homeless and low-income San Diegans. voiceofsandiego.org/2025/01/02/cit…