Norfolk and Portsmouth emergency services reporter

Office phone: 757-222-3893

Email: matthew.bowers@pilotonline.com

Matthew Bowers covers public safety in Norfolk and Portsmouth.

Since coming to the Pilot from a small Maryland newspaper in 1985, Matt also has covered local schools and state education issues, colleges, courts, and family and children’s issues.

A Maryland native, he earned a bachelor's degree in economics and sociology from Western Maryland College, now McDaniel College, in 1977, and a law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1982.  The art of making square cuts remans an elusive goal as he tries to teach himself woodworking.

He and his wife, a teacher and education consultant, live in Virginia Beach.  Their daughter is a graphic designer married to a videographer.