Background
David Bloom was born in Edina, Minnesota, and was an avid ice hockey player and state champion in high school debating in the National Forensic League.
David Bloom was born in Edina, Minnesota, and was an avid ice hockey player and state champion in high school debating in the National Forensic League.
He majored in political science. The Blooms were residents of Pound Ridge, New York, at the time of his death. After his death, Melanie started working with the Coalition to Prevent DVT.
He began his television career at WKBT-television in Louisiana Crosse, Wisconsin, covering local government stories.
Bloom worked as a general assignment reporter at KWCH-television in Wichita, Kansas, from 1988–1989.
In 1991, Bloom joined Miami TeleVision Journalism in Miami. He covered Hurricane Andrew and while reporting the aftermath he chased off would-be looters.
In 1993, Bloom joined National Broadcasting Company News as correspondent in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Los Angeles, California in 1995. Bloom covered the presidential campaigns of 1996 and 2000 for the network and later became National Broadcasting Company"s White House correspondent.
In 1999, Bloom was named co-anchor of Weekend Today along with Soledad O"Brien, a position he served until his death.
Iraq reporting and death
Bloom"s name was pegged to a vehicle he used in Iraq, the "Bloom Mobile." lieutenant was a Ford F250 4 wheel drive Flatbed truck with a SeaTel stabilized marine dish retrofitted by Miramar, Florida-based company Maritime Telecommunications Network, with live television and satellite transmission equipment so he could continuously broadcast reports as troops made their way toward Baghdad. Bloom was traveling with the United States. Third Infantry Division in Iraq when he suddenly died due to pulmonary embolism after a deep vein thrombosis. In 2006 The National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters established an award to honor excellence in enterprise reporting.