Dave Bowden has been a TV producer, writer, cameraman, and editor on a wide range of news and documentary programs since 1980. His credits include 4 years on the staff of PBS' MacNeil / Lehrer NewsHour covering major national and international news stories, PBS Frontline, New York Times Television, and HBO documentaries. He was selected as a Knight International Press Fellow in 1998, has been employed by 3 CBS affiliates, and is a regular contributor to network television.
In the past 2 decades years Dave has focused on science, health, and environmental topics. He directed a documentary about Greenpeace USA's 3 month journey down the Mississippi River highlighting water quality and public health issues, and more recently has photographed projects in Haiti, Israel, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Malawi for Little Voice Productions.
Dave is the founder of the Sustainable Media Network, and has been actively engaged in sustainability issues since 1997, joining the Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES), in 1999. He served on its Board for 4 years and led the group as its President in 2004. That year, as a member of the statewide committee that won Amendment 37, America's first direct vote on renewable energy, Dave worked on voter education and fundraising efforts. In June 2004 he wrote a 700 word editorial "Get Real on Energy", published in the Denver Post, and was repeatedly interviewed and quoted in statewide newspapers, radio, & TV stations about clean energy topics. His video work that year included producing and writing a nationally broadcast 30 min. show "The Power of Tomorrow" about renewable energy, and his video footage was integral to A-37's campaign commercials. In recent years, he has made substantial contributions to the writing, design, & photography of CRES' website.
Bowden holds degrees in Fine Arts from the Bournemouth and Poole College of Art in Bournemouth, England, and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. His broadcasting work has received numerous national awards.
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