Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - McGowan ta fara aikinta a matsayin 'yar jarida, tana aiki a shirin CBS 60 Minutes. Bayan ya rufe yakin neman zaben Barack Obama na 2008
, ta bar aikin jarida don zama sakataren manema labarai na Jack Reed, Sanata na Amurka daga Rhode Island. A lokacin zaben shugaban kasa na Amurka na 2012, McGowan ya kasance mai samar da dijital don yakin neman sake zaben Barack Obama.