Before joining the Daily Independent as a high school sports reporter, Bowyer was a freelance sports journalist in Arizona for the last decade. She spent the last six years primarily covering high schools and athletic programs in the Tucson area. Her journalism career began back in 2015 when she got her start covering MMA and Arizona State Football for an online publication. Bowyer’s passion and love for reporting pushed her to pursue her Master’s in Sports Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism.
Beat: High School Sports Reporter
Maricopa County is home to 58 school districts that serve over 750,000 students (67% of all students in Arizona). There are over 300 public and private high schools in the Phoenix area. There are few high school sports reporters in the Phoenix area. Independent Newsmedia currently employs two sports reports, but is looking to expand its coverage in under-served areas of Phoenix. The high school sports reporter will report on high school sports, write profiles on atheles and coaches as well as look into issues and trends in the state of Arizona.