Bob Bowdon

Bob Bowdon
Education	Purdue University(BS), Stanford University(MS)
Occupation	Journalist, Director, Producer

Bob Bowdon is a longtime broadcast journalist who is executive director of ChoiceMedia.TV, an investigative video website devoted to education reform. He is a champion of school choice, charter schools, vouchers, merit pay, and other types of education reform.

He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and an M.S. in industrial engineering from Stanford University.

Early in his career he worked as an account executive and technical specialist for AT&T Computer Systems, for which he served on the national account team for American Express, AT&T's second largest corporate customer.

He worked as a location scout and location assistant for the feature film Hangin' with the Homeboys, produced by New Line Cinema and filmed in New York City.

He was associate producer of New York at Night, starring Clint Holmes, on New York's WWOR-TV.

He was a segment producer for The Jackie Mason Show on WWOR-TV in New York, booking and producing segments involving newsmakers, journalists, comedians and performers.

Early in his career, Bowdon worked as host or co-host of Final Edition on the NewsTalk Television Cable Network. This was a 2-hour news program on which he appeared live with Phil Donahue, Vladimir Pozner, Ernie Anastos, Steve Adubato, Denise Richardson, and Jerry Brown.

He was lead news anchor for the 5pm and 10pm weekday news broadcasts on a TV channel in the Tri-state area.

He served as host of Cafe Digital, a nationally syndicated half-hour program on technology and culture that appeared on the Technology Communications Network from September 1998 to March 2000. It was carried weekly in more than 70 cities.

He served as an anchorman and reporter on Bloomberg Television from March 2000 to July 2006. During his tenure, he served as lead market close reporter and afternoon stocks editor for Bloomberg Television's World Financial Report.

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