Dan Bowens
Dan Bowens is a 9-time Emmy Award-winning anchor for FOX 5 New York, co-hosting Good Day Wakeup weekdays from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m., and anchoring NewsRoom Live at 10 a.m. on the FOX Local app.
He's covered everything from breaking news to major national events. Dan also hosts the weekly true-crime podcast Crime in the City on Spotify and Heat NYC, a digital series on the FOX 5 YouTube channel featuring in-depth conversations on crime, investigations, and life in New York.
In 2021, Dan anchored the FOX 5 Sunday evening broadcast that earned a New York Emmy Award for Weekend Newscast, recognized for the team’s coverage of the George Floyd protests in New York City.
Before joining FOX 5, Dan reported and anchored at WRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC, WINK-TV in Fort Myers, Florida, and KEPR-TV in Washington state, earning multiple regional Emmy Awards along the way.
Off the air, Dan is active in the community and serves on the Selection Committee for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Hudson & Union Counties. He’s a proud husband and dad of four… a volunteer youth baseball coach… and a full-time "Uber driver" to practices, games, and everything in between.
The latest from Dan Bowens
Can you still trust the polls in 2025? Even the experts say – it’s complicated
Polls help shape every campaign – driving headlines about who’s ahead, who’s fading and where the race might be headed next. But in 2025, with new methods and shrinking response rates, just how reliable are the numbers?
NYC's ballot in the 2025 election, explained
Get ready for the 2025 NYC election! The FOX 5 NY team breaks down your ballot: how to fill it out, why some candidates appear twice and what the six ballot proposals — from housing reform to election timing — really mean.
How a Manhattan doorman became a global mindfulness mentor
How does one go from being a Manhattan doorman to a mindfulness mentor with a global mission? Brandon Deese's journey is a testament to the power of meditation and community.
Proposals for casinos in Times Square, Hudson Yards rejected
The proposal for a casino in Times Square was rejected on Wednesday morning by the Community Advisory Committees.
NJ nonprofit delivers more than 200 bikes to Africa
"BikeTown Africa," a nonprofit organization, delivered more than 200 bikes to rural Africa to provide life-saving and everyday transportation means.
Breakthrough ACL surgery helps patients heal faster
A new approach to ACL surgery could result in a shorter recovery time.
Piece of iconic Six Flags' Kingda Ka roller coaster finds new home
They call it Operation Teal Team Six – a mission to preserve a piece of the legendary NJ Six Flags' roller coaster, Kingda Ka.
Man who lost ability to walk prepares to summit Mount Kilimanjaro in wheelchair
Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) is an inherited condition that affects the spinal cord. Diagnosed with AMN in 2006, Jeff slowly lost his ability to walk.
Robert Boyce unpacks true crime cases featured on 'New York Homicide' show
Before he became the face of Oxygen’s "New York Homicide," Robert Boyce spent decades in the NYPD, joining the force in 1983 as a 28-year-old recruit stationed on the Upper West Side’s 24th Precinct.
No animals needed: How a NY-based company is rethinking leather
From their lab in White Plains, NY, Uncaged Innovations produces premium bio-based leather sheets made from wheat, soy, corn, and rice.