Michael Bowker
Best-Selling Author / Editor
MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
As a free-lancer, executive editor, and staff reporter, Michael has had more than 4,000 articles published in international, national and regional publications, making him one of the most prolific writers in the country. He has written for the L.A. Times and N.Y Times, Reader’s Digest, Sports Illustrated, Outside, Popular Science, Discover, Equinox, the Chronicle and Examiner in San Francisco, American Banker, Sylvia Porter’s, Redbook, Wildlife Conservation, International Wildlife, and the city magazines of San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego, Dallas, and Chicago, and more than 150 other publications.
His has written hundreds of profiles, as well as articles on true crime¸ sports, business, finance, politics the environment, social and economic trends, and American and world history. He was a featured writer in Reader’s Digest for nearly a decade, with many of his ‘dramas-in-real life’ being turned into television movies. He is accurate, meets deadlines, and can tell an intriguing story.
Some samples of his work can be read below:
Michael Bowker is an investigative journalist who specializes in telling the human stories behind today's health, science, political, entertainment and environmental issues. Below are links to many of his published articles:
HUMAN INTEREST
Sacramento Magazine:
Missing Henry (This article ran in the October, 1999 issue and was awarded Top Investigative Story of the Year by the Western States Magazine Association.)
SCIENCE
Popular Science Magazine:
Super Still - ‘ Super still’ may hold promise as future water source.
The Los Angeles Times:
A 6.0 Prediction for Parkfield/Experts Say Major Quake Will Hit Town
HEALTH AND MEDICINE
The Los Angeles Times:
Two Research Efforts Spark Hope in Repair of Damaged Nerves
BUSINESS
Prosper Magazine:
Fuel Wars - When Silicon Valley meets Big Oil, there are more twistst than a Bond Flick
Pay Dirt - Sacramento banker bets $500 million on brownfields
YouTube vs. The Talking Heads - The Battle for Local News Supremacy
The Image Makers
Federal Cutbacks Challenge RAS
RAS Pioneers New Prostate Cancer Treatment
Blue Diamond Comes Out of Its Shell - Local almond grower eyes world domination, but at what cost?
The Battle of the (Supply) Bulge
Rhythms In The Data - Revionics, a software company in Granite Bay, aims to level the playing field for smaller retailers
ENVIRONMENT
The Los Angeles Times:
Listening in, Out of Sight - Satellites can track animals in the most isolated habitats.
Backpacker Magazine:
For Sale: National Parks - National Parks peril.
READER'S DIGEST
Reader’s Digest: (If you would like to see these in their full-length form, please let me know and I will send you hard copies of the full articles.)
Diver Down
To Catch a Killer
One Inch From Death
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TRUE CRIME: Unsolved Mystery
Sacramento Magazine: - Tracking the most prolific uncaught (and still at large) killer in California history.
Unsolved Mystery
LA Times: Mountain Lion nature
Story of Two Brothers
San Fran Chronicle
Reader's Digest drama in Yosemite
Nanotechnology
River Rating Guide: Outside Magazine
Hawaii's Wild Heart
Hawaii's Best..
Golf Getaways
Faithful Fingerprints
Somos Hermanos
One Inch From Death
NanoTech
Repair of
Damaged Nerves
Can Animals predict
Earthquakes
Michael Bowker has written major features for more than 100 publications including:
The Los Angeles Times
The New York Times
Reader's Digest
Outside Magazine
Consumer Reports
Wildlife Conservation
Redbook
Backpacker
Technology Review
Islands
Modern Maturity
San Francisco Chronicle
Equinox
Good Housekeeping
Sierra
Golf Magazine
Physician Today
American Barrister
Bicycling
San Francisco Magazine
VIA
Sunset
American Banker
SKY
San Jose Mercury News
International Wildlife