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'''Jesse Earle Bowden''' (b. [[September 12]], [[1928]]) is the editor emeritus of the ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]'' and a local historian and preservationist.
Born in Altha, Florida, Bowden attended Florida State University before moving to Pensacola to begin his journalism career at the ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]''. He currently lives in the [[Cordova Park]] area next to [[Marcy Friedman]], daughter of Pensacola businessman [[Norman Willenzik]].
Bowden served as editor-in-chief and vice president of the ''News Journal'' from [[1966]] to [[1997]]. He was also the paper's political cartoonist until [[2007]], when the post was occupied by [[Andy Marlette]], but still writes occasional columns for the opinion section. He has taught journalistic writing since [[1983]] at the [[University of West Florida]], which awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in [[1985]].