David Block, Community Contributor

For over 25 years, David Block has worked as a documentary producer/director and a freelance journalist. As a freelance journalist, he has over 1500 articles published in a variety of publications such as, Jazz Journal International, The New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Runner's World, Runner’s Gazette, Running Times, and dozens of local magazines and newspapers. During his extensive career, he has interviewed high profile athletes, celebrities, government agents, and musicians such as Kobe Bryant, Bill Cosby, Joe Frazier, Larry Hagman, Florence Henderson, Bruce Jenner, Lee Majors, Sarah Palin's parents - Charles & Sally Heath - David Sanborn, McCoy Tyner, and Grover Washington, Jr. He has never shied away from difficult assignments and never missed a deadline. In December 2017, David Block earned his Masters' in Journalism Degree from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA). To date, he has made eight documentaries, many of which have been televised and screened at film festivals. He has won a number of film festival awards. A complete list his the awards and descriptions of his documentaries are listed on his website: Www.blindfilmmaker.com

David Block requested to be the Patch.com mayor of the Ardmore-Merion-Wynnewood area because he had covered high school sports and other local news there for over 25 years for Mainlinemedianews.com and The Main Line Times.

He has written extensively about people with disabilities. Due to his partial blindness and from being on the Autism Spectrum, he has learned to overcome adversity and to discard disparaging and discouraging remarks. A number of articles and some videos about his successful endeavors will be posted here within the next few weeks.

(The photo underneath is of David Block receiving The Inclusion Award at the 2018 PhillyCAM Award Ceremony Philadelphia, PA)