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Matthew Bowler

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As seen in: KPBS-TV (San Diego, CA), Nature, PBS NewsHour, Frontiers, MDPI, EurekAlert!, Flipboard, Cell Press, The World from PRX, WLRN-FM (Miami, FL), KUOW-FM (Seattle, WA) and
Covers:  news, politics, san diego, breaking news, tijuana
Video/Photo journalist KPBS news #SanDiego CA PBS/NPR affiliate. Recovering artist. Tweets are mine. Typos happen. I am the perfect example of imperfection.

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Matthew Bowler is an Emmy award-winning investigative journalist in San Diego California.

Bowler (as he is known in the newsroom) comes from a long line of journalists, but he does not have traditional broadcast beginnings. In college he studied art with a specialty in painting and printmaking. In his last year of college Bowler married and a year later he moved to the South of France. While there he participated in art exhibitions and was written about in the “La Marseillaise” weekly newspaper…

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Please allow me to tell you about myself. After living in Mexico and France I came home to San Diego to jump-…

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Articles

San Diego leaders propose $10.3M plan to restore arts funding amid budget cuts

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By Tammy Murga , Matthew Bowler 
| Flipboard
6 hours ago In March, the United States Navy’s oldest active nuclear-powered supercarrier, the USS Nimitz (CVN-68), began a homeport shift from Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Wash., to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., in advance of the warship’s decommissioning next March. Current plans call for a Gerald R. …
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New Chula Vista to San Diego ferry service officially launches

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By Matthew Bowler 
| KPBS-TV (San Diego, CA)
There's a watery new way to travel between Chula Vista and downtown San Diego. The ferry boat Balboa began service Monday morning, its maiden voyage starting from the Chula Vista waterfront. Owned and operated by Flagship Cruises and Events, the 30-foot-long, diesel-powered Balboa will take up to 32 passengers per trip from the Chula Vista Marina to the Fifth Avenue landing behind the San Diego Convention Center.
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New Chula Vista to San Diego ferry service officially launches

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By Matthew Bowler 
| Flipboard
City Politics 3 hours ago City Council Struggles with Attendance voiceofsandiego.org - Mariana Martínez Barba • 3h Turns out, it’s hard to get all nine councilmembers to a City Council meeting. Even if it concerns the city’s gaping $118 million budget deficit.
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Awards

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San Diego Press Club First Place

2013 - Websites: Blog for/by Journalists

San Diego Press Club Third Place

2013 - Websites: News and Opinion

Pacific Southwest Emmy Awards

2010 - Investigative Reporting

Pacific Southwest Emmy Awards

2010 - Politics/Government Reporting

San Diego Press Club Third Place

2010 - Television: Investigative Reporting

San Diego Press Club Second Place

2010 - Television: Investigative Reporting

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