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Charles M. Blow (born August 11 1970) is an American journalist and the current visual op-ed columnist for The New York Times. Blow grew up in Gibsland Louisiana and graduated magna cum laude from Grambling State University in the same state. He has worked as a graphics director and art director for the Times and National Geographic respectively. In April 2008 he began publishing a column in the Times featuring charts as a form of opinion journalism.