Matthew Bowler
Video JournalistMatthew Bowler is an award-winning journalist from San Diego. Bowler comes from a long line of San Diego journalists. Both his father and grandfather worked as journalists covering San Diego. He is also a third generation San Diego State University graduate, where he studied art with a specialty in painting and printmaking. Bowler moved to the South of France after graduating from SDSU. While there he participated in many art exhibitions. The newspaper “La Marseillaise” called his work “les oeuvres impossible” or “the impossible works.” After his year in Provence, Bowler returned to San Diego and began to work as a freelance photographer for newspapers and magazines. Some years later, he discovered his passion for reporting the news, for getting at the truth, for impacting lives. Bowler is privileged to have received many San Diego Press Club Awards along with two Emmy's.
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A recent report showed that Latinos in North County are falling behind in getting vaccinated, despite being one of the groups hit the hardest by COVID-19. -
Parents who kept children home from school to protest COVID vaccine mandates by school districts gathered in Balboa Park, Oct 18, 2021. -
2020 has been a tough year. Pandemic restrictions have come with personal and economic challenges for many people. But for one local bike shop business is booming. -
Coronavirus knows no borders. In Tijuana, the cases, and the deaths, are beginning to rise. San Diego’s sister city is now in the midst of a dangerous upswing in cases. -
The latest mass food distribution site in Chula Vista Friday reached capacity before it opened. The site could service one thousand cars. -
While Mexico has lagged behind the United States in coronavirus cases, the pandemic has begun to take hold south of the border. And the largest hospital in Baja, California, Tijuana’s General Hospital, is now straining under the pressure.
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KPBS Midday EditionOrganizers behind a limited program that steers youth offenders away from detention are exploring expanding to other communities. -
U.S. college graduates owe an average of $35,000 in student loans. This year, San Diego State is rolling out a textbook program to help chip away at the cost. -
A Southwestern College program aims to help inmates stay out of prison once they're released by offering them associate's degrees. Now a former student inmate is putting it to the test.
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