Boston Book Festival

PRESENTING PARTNER: 90.9 WBUR Boston's NPR News Station

2010 Presenters

Jared Bowen

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Jared Bowen graduated from Emerson College, where he won several Associated Press awards.  He began his career at Dateline NBC in New York.

Currently Jared is an Emmy-winner reporter with WGBH-TV’s nightly news magazine program, “Greater Boston” with Emily Rooney.  Jared’s coverage takes him from breaking news to politics, arts and culture.  In his regular Center Stage segments, Jared covers the latest in the Boston area’s theater, art, music, dance and film scenes.  In over a decade with WGBH, Jared has produced four news documentaries for Greater Boston, and produced the first three seasons of the station’s Eye on Education initiative.  He has won two New England Academy awards for his arts reporting.

Jared is a member of the Elliot Norton Awards Selection Committee, recognizing achievement in Boston theater.  He also serves on the Board of Governors for the Boston/New England chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

 

LINKS:

Watch recent episodes of "Greater Boston"

Follow Jared Bowen of WGBH on Twitter

Video: Bowen explores the art and culture scene in Boston for WGBH

Video: Bowen moderates a round table discussion about Boston's evolving theater scene on Forum Network