Patrick Blennerhassett

Patrick Blennerhassett
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Patrick Blennerhassett is a Canadian journalist and author who currently lives in Las Vegas where he works for the Las Vegas Review-Journal as the real estate and housing reporter.[1][2] His work has also appeared in such outlets as The Guardian, The Globe & Mail, the South China Morning Post, The Seattle Times, The Chicago Tribune, Business Insider, MSN and the Miami Herald.[3][4][5][6][7]

Education and career

Blennerhassett was born in Vancouver, and raised in Kamloops, British Columbia.[8] He is a Thompson Rivers University graduate,[9] who also attended Langara College and Simon Fraser University.[10]

Blennerhassett has published four novels.[11][12] He was also a journalist for Business in Vancouver.[13]

In 2007 Blennerhassett was the recipient of a Jack Webster Foundation Fellowship Award.[14]

In 2016 Blennerhassett published a non-fiction book about Olympic field hockey player Balbir Singh Sr., which received national media coverage in Canada in a number of outlets including Maclean's and The Georgia Straight.[15][16]

Blennerhassett previously worked for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong where he covered sport and the growing intersection of sport. Some of his more notable pieces included a feature detailing how Daryl Morey's pro-Hong Kong tweet set off a firestorm in China.[17] He also wrote about the link between Canada, Winnie the Pooh and how Xi Jinping censored images of the cartoon bear in China.[18] He also did a video editorial that was critical of China hosting the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics after the national security law was passed in Hong Kong as well as being critical of Hong Kong's Covid-19 lockdowns which included shutting down gyms across the city.[19][20]

In 2018 he wrote a feature article for The Guardian about a rash of deaths of men in his hometown of Kamloops.

While working for the Las Vegas Review-Journal Blennerhassett has written multiple investigative features about the Wall Street-backed ownership of Las Vegas Valley homes.[21] [22][23][24][25]

Blennerhassett is married to former UFC fighter Ramona Pascual.

Books

  • Monument[26][27]
  • Random Acts of Vandalism[28][29]
  • A Forgotten Legend: Balbir Singh Sr., Triple Olympic Gold & Modi's New India[30]
  • The Fatalists[31]

References

  1. ^ Blennerhassett, Patrick (May 1, 2025). "Patrick Blennerhassett". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  2. ^ Blennerhassett, Patrick. "Patrick Blennerhassett | writer/Journalist". Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  3. ^ Blennerhassett, Patrick (May 30, 2023). "'Shoptainment' will save shopping malls, analyst says". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  4. ^ "Why are tech millionaires and billionaires flocking to Las Vegas?". The Seattle Times. October 10, 2024. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  5. ^ "Muck Rack | For journalists and public relations". muckrack.com. May 1, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  6. ^ Blennerhassett, Patrick (June 20, 2018). "Many of my childhood friends are dead. Is masculinity to blame?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  7. ^ "A Vancouver expat experiences Hong Kong rental shock". The Globe and Mail. August 21, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  8. ^ Fact or fiction? | Kamloops This Week
  9. ^ "Patrick Blennerhassett BGM '17 – TRU Newsroom". inside.tru.ca.
  10. ^ "BLENNERHASSETT, Patrick". ABC Bookworld
  11. ^ Patrick Blennerhassett's Bio from http://www.nonpublishing.com/patrick+blennerhassett/author/1/5/
  12. ^ "Langley authors offer plenty to put under the tree this Christmas". BC Local. December 12, 2011
  13. ^ "Patrick Blennerhassett | Business in Vancouver".
  14. ^ "Jack Webster Foundation Fellowship Award Winners". The Jack Webster Foundation.
  15. ^ "Burnaby man was once India's biggest field hockey star". CBC News, Rafferty Baker, February 20, 2016
  16. ^ Gillis, Charlie (March 6, 2016). "The greatest hockey player ever". Macleans.ca. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  17. ^ "With a tweet, NBA firestorm engulfs three decades of work in China". South China Morning Post. October 17, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  18. ^ "Xi Jinping, Winnie the Pooh and the origins of the bear China banned". South China Morning Post. December 30, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  19. ^ South China Morning Post (November 10, 2020). Will China face a massive boycott over the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics?. Retrieved May 4, 2025 – via YouTube.
  20. ^ South China Morning Post (January 25, 2021). Hong Kong government suffocating sport and fitness industry to death. Retrieved May 4, 2025 – via YouTube.
  21. ^ "A New York hedge fund is the largest homeowner in Clark County". Las Vegas Review-Journal. March 31, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  22. ^ "Why does a New York hedge fund own this many Las Vegas homes?". Nevada Public Radio | NPR and local news in Las Vegas and Nevada. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  23. ^ "'Swapping homes like stocks': Wall Street-backed firm buys 264 valley homes in a day | Congressman Steven Horsford". horsford.house.gov. January 4, 2024. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  24. ^ "North Las Vegas homes have a Wall Street problem | Congressman Steven Horsford". horsford.house.gov. November 13, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  25. ^ Battleground News (August 30, 2024). Housing Crisis in NV? Patrick Blennerhassett of the Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved May 4, 2025 – via YouTube.
  26. ^ Patrick Blennerhassett – Monument – Interview | Literary Photographer
  27. ^ "Monument". The Reading Room
  28. ^ Random Acts of Vandalism – Monday Magazine
  29. ^ Darkness in the dawn | Arts & Entertainment | Kamloops Daily News
  30. ^ March 6, Charlie Gillis (March 6, 2016). "The greatest hockey player ever". Macleans.ca.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  31. ^ "The Fatalists". Quill and Quire. August 16, 2016.


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