Jonathan Bloom Biography
Jonathan Bloom is an award winning video journalist for NBC Bay Area digital platforms, covering the issues and innovators of Silicon Valley and San Francisco. He uses and adapts technology to tell more engaging stories on air and online. Bloom joined the station in July 2018.
Jonathan Bloom Career
From when he joined NBC Bay Area, he has contributed to the station’s coverage of the Bay Area’s ongoing housing crisis. In addition, Bloom has also covered the filthy streets that gained San Francisco worldwide notoriety.
Before joining NBC Bay Area, he worked as a multimedia journalist for KGO-TV in San Francisco for seven years. At the station, Bloom started and developed a daily feature beat about the innovators who make the Bay Area the center of the tech world. Furthermore, he covered startups and venture capital in Silicon Valley’s big tech boom. That boom arguably led to the affordability crisis and wealth disparity he now reports for NBC Bay Area.
Prior to KGO-TV he spent five years in KRON-TV, San Francisco as a video journalist, reporter and fill in anchor. Bloom also worked KOAA5 in Colorado Springs, Colorado Area for three years as a reported. In addition, he spent one year at News 9 San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas as a reporter and video journalist. The station was San Antonio first 24-hour news start up. Bloom performed multiple daily live shots, generated story ideas, reported, shot, wrote and edited nightly packages. Before Texas, he spent one year at KOTV -TV in Tulsa, Oklahoma Area as a video editor. Bloom started his journalism career in Columbia, Missouri area as a reporter and photographer for the CBS affiliate covering Jefferson City and Columbia, Missouri.
Jonathan Bloom NBC Bay Area
Bloom has had a lifelong passion for journalism. He grew up in his hometown of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and as a child he did man on the street interviews. In addition, he anchored pretend newscasts with the family camcorder by middle school. Nowadays, his interests lie in using emerging technologies to tell more engaging and genuine stories.
Bloom graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
He is a thirteen times Emmy winner and also been nominated thirty seven times. In addition, in 2019 Bloom was one of the recipients of a national Edward R. Murrow award. For multimedia on his coverage of the Bay Area housing crisis and a national Murrow award for social media in 2020.
In his spare time, you can find him running by the Bay and Skiing in Tahoe. In addition, he also performs and records music with his a cappella group, Scales of the City.
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Jonathan Bloom Education
He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 2000.
Jonathan Bloom Family
He grew up in his hometown of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. There is no information about his parents or siblings. However, will update as soon as the information is available.
Jonathan Bloom Wife
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Jonathan Bloom Children
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