He graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, in 1995. From 1998 to 2001, Owens worked with WLWT, an NBC network affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as stations in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Evansville, Indiana. From 2001 to 2006, he was a reporter and anchor at WHDH, an NBC-network affiliate in Boston, Massachusetts. During that time he reported on the 2005 child sexual-abuse trial (acquittal) of Michael Jackson; the 2002 Winter Olympics; the 2004 funeral of U.S. President Ronald Reagan; the Scott Peterson trial (conviction); and some Academy Awards ceremonies.Contributions by Jagarin, 71.176.37.228, and Ryan owens dallas.