Bridget Dowd | Frontera

Senior Field Correspondent Bridget Dowd holds a bachelor’s degree from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Walter Cronkite at Arizona State University. During this time, she served as station manager for Blaze Radio, an ASU student-run radio station. She was also a finalist for the Hearst Journalism Award in the News and Broadcast Features category.

Dowd first came to KJZZ as an intern in 2017. Later that year, she became a weekend reporter. Dowd produced KJZZ’s Morning Edition from 2019-2021. She also worked for a year as a reporter and host for KTOO in Juneau, Alaska.

Dowd grew up all over the West Coast, but came to Arizona for college and couldn’t stay away from the desert. He especially enjoys telling stories about education and answering listener questions through the Q&AZ KJZZ project.

After work, he usually spends time with his three cats: Orlando, Gray and Georgie.