Ted Rowlands is a general assignment correspondent for CNN/U.S. Based in Los Angeles, he has covered several high profile criminal cases for the network, including Scott Peterson, Michael Jackson, O.J. Simpson and Phil Spector. Rowlands has been CNN’s lead reporter in the death of Michael Jackson, providing the latest on the criminal death investigation, and a rare, live tour of Jackson’s Neverland Ranch. Since joining CNN in March 2004, Rowlands contributed to CNN’s Peabody Award-winning coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. He reported on the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech, and the passing of Presidents Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford. In addition, he has broken several stories exclusively on CNN, including the 2007 arrest of O.J. Simpson in Las Vegas, and a 2009 jailhouse interview with Scott Roeder in Wichita, Kans. days after Roeder was arrested for the murder of Dr. George Tiller. This year, Rowlands traveled to Mexico to cover the initial phase of the H1N1 pandemic. He also traveled to Ft. Hood, Texas, to report in the wake of the shooting on the post that killed 13 people. In 2008, Rowlands contributed to CNN’s award-winning coverage of the historic presidential election reporting from several battleground states including Texas, Colorado and Nevada. He was also a rotating anchor for CNN’s political weekend programming, Ballot Bowl. Rowlands is also an occasional guest host for Larry King Live and a frequent guest. Before joining CNN, Rowlands was a reporter for KTVU-TV in San Francisco, where he was the station’s lead reporter covering the Laci Peterson case and one of only a few journalists to land an interview with Scott Peterson. Prior to joining KTVU-TV, Rowlands was a reporter with KNTV in San Francisco, where in 1999 he exclusively broadcast the confession of Cary Stayner, who had been accused of murdering two female tourists and a park employee in Yosemite National Park. Rowlands also covered the San Francisco dog mauling case and trail in 2000. Rowlands has served as a bureau chief and reporter for KSBW-TV in Salinas, Calif. and began his broadcast career as an anchor and reporter for KBJR-TV in Duluth, Minn. Rowlands has a bachelor’s degree in communication arts from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
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