Bowen Dou '07

Bowen Dou, M.A. '07 School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts graduate, is currently Coordinating Producer for ESPN China, responsible for production for ESPN's partnership with Tencent in China.   Previous positions at ESPN include serving as associate producer for both the TV and web presence of "SportsCenter."

Dou started her career in electronic media as a NBC Nightly News intern through the International Radio and Television Society's highly competitive Fellowship Program.  Following her internship, she was hired as a production assistant for NBC Nightly News and the TODAY show, creating elements for both TV and digital platforms.  Dou's web development and graphic design expertise also led to her designing the NBC Wi-Fi logos and Web banners as well as helping redesign the Nightly News studio.  After graduation she began working for ESPN.

Honors bestowed on Dou include several IRTS Fellow Awards, the grand prize for website design in the National Broadcasting Society's 2007 competition, receiving the School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts' Outstanding Service Award and being named CMU's Outstanding Recent Graduate at the 2009 Alumni Association Awards Banquet.

While at CMU, Dou was president of Multimedia Digital Design (BCA's new-media student organization), producer for Moore Hall Television, line producer/assistant director of News Central 34, webmaster for the School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts website and a member of the Student Broadcast Executive Council.