Annie Gowen

Washington, D.C.

National correspondent

Education: University of Kansas, BA in English, BS in journalism

Annie Gowen is the Midwest correspondent for The Washington Post's National desk. She was the India bureau chief from 2013 to 2018. Her long-form journalism has twice been honored as part of the Best American Newspaper Narratives, including a series on farm families hit by President Donald Trump's trade war. She was also part of a team whose coverage of the mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso won a Scripps Howard award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News in 2020. As The Post’s India bureau chief, she covered India, other South Asian nations and Myanmar. She twi
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Georgia high school shooting victims include math teachers and 14-year-old students

Among those killed Wednesday at Apalachee High School were two teachers and two 14-year-old students.

September 5, 2024
Apalachee High School shooting victim Mason Schermerhorn in April.

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September 2, 2024

This state calls itself the ‘most pro-life.’ But moms there keep dying.

Giving birth in Arkansas, especially its rural southeast, comes with more risk and less care. The challenges feel acute for someone like doula Hajime White.

August 27, 2024

Swifties report for Chiefs training camp. It may never be the same.

The romance between standout tight end Travis Kelce and pop music mega-star Taylor Swift helped to draw a crowd to the Kansas City team’s practice Sunday.

July 28, 2024
Swiftie Hannah Calhoun signals where her greater loyalties lie from the sideline of the Chiefs' practice session on Sunday.

Iowa abortion ban taking effect as residents flee out of state for care

More than 4,000 abortions were performed in Iowa last year, a number expected to plummet once the state’s strict ban goes into effect Monday morning.

July 26, 2024
Iowa pastor Michael Shover, left, argues with Ryan Maher as protesters voice opposition to a six-week abortion ban introduced during a special session of the legislature last summer. After a year of court challenges, the ban is set to take effect Monday.

    ‘A complete circus’: Americans react to a historic political moment

    Americans describe their reaction to Biden’s exit, the Harris campaign and a momentous election period.

    July 23, 2024

    Victim in Trump rally shooting died while shielding his family from gunfire

    Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said Corey Comperatore was a firefighter, a churchgoer and a proud “girl dad.”

    July 14, 2024

    A mom struggles to feed her kids after GOP states reject federal funds

    In her rural Oklahoma town, Tabitha Shinn calculates down to the penny for groceries for her three teens but still must rely on giveaways from a food pantry.

    July 12, 2024

    Iowa’s highest court rules in favor of six-week abortion ban

    The ban, passed last summer, was among many conservative states’ efforts to end abortion in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

    June 28, 2024
    Iowans supporting access to abortion rally on April 11 outside the state's high court in Des Moines.

      What is Zionism? The movement college protesters oppose, explained.

      At protest camps, lists say “No Zionists.” Many Jewish leaders and Jewish students say the word is being used as a synonym for Jews and is antisemitic.

      May 3, 2024
      Rafael Kadaris holds a sign that reads “Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism" at the entrance to Columbia University in New York on April 30, 2024.