He was an intern at the Shreveport Times, ‘’News Journal’’, and the New York Times, edited the student newspaper, the Gramblinite, and founded the now-defunct student magazine, Razz
He headed the graphics department at The New York Times and was art director at National Geographic
In April 2008, he began writing a column in The New York Times. His column had originally appeared biweekly on Saturdays
In May 2009, it became a weekly feature and appeared twice, weekly, in December 2012
As of May 2014, it appears every Monday and Thursday
TV appearances - Blow often appears on CNN and MSNBC
Memoir - Fire Shut Up In My Bones (2014)
In August 2016, he called Donald Trump a "bigot" on CNN and said that anyone who supported Trump is "a part of the bigotry itself."