Dorian Block

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ABOUT DORIAN BLOCK

Dorian Block is the senior editor at the Center for an Urban Future. Dori comes to CUF with 20 years of experience as a writer, editor, and project director for nonprofit and news organizations. She has devoted her career to listening to and amplifying people\'s stories to inform decision makers and the public. Dori began her career in journalism at the Boston Globe, the Eagle-Tribune, and the New York Daily News. While at the Eagle-Tribune, her profile of a teenager observing Ramadan won an award from the New England Press Association. At New York Daily News, her investigation into extraordinary delays in the Bronx court system led to systematic change and was recognized by an award from the Society of the Silurians. At the New York Academy of Medicine, Dori was the project manager of the Age-friendly New York City initiative, which became a model for cities around the world working to become more inclusive of older adults. At Columbia University, Dori directed Exceeding Expectations, a multimedia digital narrative project focused on older New Yorkers, featured in The Washington Post and many other publications. Most recently, Dori was a writer and editor at Vital Strategies, a global health organization. Dori has interviewed thousands of New Yorkers, written articles, and has been a speaker at 50+ local, national and international conferences and events.Dori is pleased to currently work at the tiny and mighty Center for an Urban Future (recently called \"the think tank quietly influencing New York City\'s top officials\" by Crain\'s). She works across as many as a dozen policy research projects in different stages of production at a time, highlighting the challenges to and opportunities for creating a stronger and more equitable New York City.Dori earned her M.S. degree in Journalism from the Columbia Journalism School where she was a Stabile Fellow in Investigative Journalism, and she has a B.A. in American Studies from Brandeis University. Dori lives with her husband and two daughters in Manhattan.