Tom Bowman (journalist) explained

Tom Bowman
Birth Name:	Thomas Michael Bowman
Birth Date:	24 May 1955
Birth Place:	Norwood, Massachusetts
Education:	Boston College (M.A.) Saint Michael's College (B.A.)
Occupation:	Reporter
Credits:	National Public Radio The Baltimore Sun
Children:	2
Spouse:	Brigid Schulte

Tom Bowman is National Public Radio's Pentagon reporter, having been a reporter for the Baltimore Sun for 19 years prior to that.

Education

He attended Saint Michael's College in Vermont, receiving a bachelor's degree in history, and then received a master's degree in American studies from Boston College.^[1]

Career

Bowman grew up in Norwood, Massachusetts. He started his newspaper career in 1976 as a stringer for The Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Massachusetts.

He became The Baltimore Sun's military affairs correspondent in 1997, after having covered the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and the National Security Agency.^{[2] [3] [4]} He became the Pentagon correspondent for NPR in 2006. He has reported from Afghanistan,^[5] Syria, and Iraq.

In 2023, Bowman co-hosted NPR podcast Taking Cover, investigating a U.S. Marine friendly fire incident in Fallujah, Iraq, a finalist for the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award.^{[6] [7]}

Personal life

Bowman presently lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife Brigid Schulte, an author and former Washington Post reporter, and their children, Liam and Tessa.

Awards

Bowman received the 2006 National Headliners' Award for his coverage on the lack of advanced tourniquets for U.S. troops in Iraq.^[8]

In 2010, he received an Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of a Taliban roadside bomb attack on an Army unit.^[9]

External links

• Tom Bowman, NPR Biography
• MilitaryReporters.org biography
  • Bowman participates in panel discussion, The First 100 Days: What Challenges Face the New Commander-in-Chief? at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on February 5, 2009

Notes and References

1. Web site: Front & Center with John Callaway: The First 100 Days | Pritzker Military Museum & Library | Chicago.
2. Web site: No Such Agency Part Four - Rigging the Game . Scott Shane and Tom Bowman . The Baltimore Sun . December 4, 1995 . February 23, 2013.
3. News: Unlocking the secret of 'Kryptos'. March 17, 2000. February 25, 2013 . The Baltimore Sun. Bowman . Tom.
4. Web site: Front & Center with John Callaway: The First 100 Days | Pritzker Military Museum & Library | Chicago.
5. Web site: Defense reporters organize to address coverage . September 30, 2002 . . March 2, 2013.
6. Web site: 2023 . Taking Cover from NPR .
7. Web site: 2024 Finalists . 2024-04-09 . duPont-Columbia Awards . en-US.
8. Web site: Front & Center with John Callaway: The First 100 Days | Pritzker Military Museum & Library | Chicago.
9. Web site: Tom Bowman, Pentagon Reporter . NPR.