Drew Gowing

Reared in socially progressive Los Angeles, Drew Gowing rebelled (as was the form) by dropping out of the prestigious University of Southern California after a semester to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) on a full-time, two-year missionary assignment in Canada. Returning to the U.S., he transferred to Brigham Young University to read philosophy and earned the distinction Bachelor of Arts.



He began his career as an intern on the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee in Washington, D.C., and ultimately cut his teeth in the press rooms on Capitol Hill. In the nation's capital, communications and political science combined into the incontrovertible truth that publishing ensures, supports, and shapes the world of politics.



As a Congressional Press Secretary, Gowing was charged with communicating U.S. Representatives' policy initiatives and platforms to their constituencies. That ritual began each day by consulting trusted news outlets and sources; referencing all sides of the issues without bias; framing all sides into a cohesive narrative; and delivering a morning briefing to both senate and congressional staffers in a spiral bound booklet. A handwritten synopsis of the daily news summary began: "To the Citizens of the World."



While pursuing a JD/MPP in law and public policy, Gowing later turned from Boston University to global management consulting to advise the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. However, during the 2008 election year, three contingents of his past converged when the LDS Church raised more than $20 million to propound California's Proposition 8. Herewith, church, state, and law collided in what is considered the first and only time pre-existing civil rights were taken away from a specific and targeted minority.

Coterminous with the digital revolution, Gowing was tapped in 2008 to edit a not-for-profit political exposé for the digital age, whereupon he returned to public life to devote what he calls his "second act" to its service. Drew Gowing resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is the inaugural editor of Charlatan Magazine: The Exposé of Politics & Style.