[1] He is married to Molly Palmer, a television associate producer and daughter of television news correspondent John Palmer and writer Nancy Doyle Palmer.
Cowan was a frequent correspondent for NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.
Prior to joining NBC News, he was a reporter for CBS News in the CBS NEWSPATH division.
He previously worked for NBC affiliate WLWT in Cincinnati, CBS affiliate WWMT in Kalamazoo, Michigan, KCOY in Santa Maria, California and KIEM in Eureka, California.
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