Jamie Howe

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Jamie Howe
Born (1984-10-22) October 22, 1984 (age 39)
Nashville, Tennessee
Nationality American
Alma mater Georgia State University
Occupation Auto racing reporter
Years active 2003–present
Employer
Spouse(s) Bryan Sellers
Children 2

Jamie Howe (born October 22, 1984) is an American television auto racing reporter. Her career began as a runner at American Le Mans Series endurance motor races before obtaining on-screen roles covering the championship, the National Hot Rod Association, the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series and the ARCA Menards Series.

Biography

Early life and education

Howe was born on October 22, 1984, in Nashville, Tennessee.[1][2] She is oldest of two children in her family.[2] Howe was educated at Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia.[3][4] There, a teacher of hers helped introduce her to television broadcasting and interned at the CNN Student Bureau.[5] Howe cited this experience for providing her with the experience of creating a news report from production to broadcast.[4] After graduating from Brookwood High School, she became a swimming coach, and had taken up the sport before stopping due to an shoulder injury.[5] Howe graduated from Georgia State University with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism in 2007.[1][5]

Career

In April 2003,[3] John Evenson, vice-president of broadcasting for the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), who had a child enrolled on her swimming course,[4] invited her to attend the Grand Prix of Atlanta sports car race at Road Atlanta to observe the unseen aspects of broadcasting, and work as a runner for the championship's television compound.[3] Wheeler Television Inc. president Patti Wheeler attended the event, and hired Howe as a runner for the 2004 and 2005 seasons, undertaking maintenance work and helped in constructing the broadcasting facilities. She later became a stage manager for the ALMS' commentary booth, before moving to its field production for feature broadcasts.[4]

Howe was also assigned to work with several of the ALMS' roving reporters, which provided her with enough confidence to ask whether she could appear on-screen.[4] As a freelancer,[5] she has acted as Speed's pit lane reporter for the ALMS, the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 24 Hours of Le Mans,[3] the National Hot Rod Association on ESPN2, ESPN3 and ABC from the 2010 season,[3][6] and presented the program Lucas Oil on the Edge on Speed.[3][5] She missed the final four races of the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series because she was on maternity leave.[6]

Since 2015, Howe has worked with the Porsche Young Driver Academy, training drivers in how to communicate with the media as part of the curriculum.[7][8] In January 2019, after Fox Sports dropped its coverage of IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, she joined IMSA Radio as a pit lane reporter at selected races, beginning with the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona.[9] The following month, Howe made her NASCAR broadcast debut in its Gander Outdoors Truck Series at Daytona International Speedway,[10] and went on to join Fox Sports 2's broadcast of the General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200 ARCA Menards Series stock car race as a pit lane reporter in late May.[11]

Methodology

Howe employs the philosophy "everyone has a story" when interviewing team personnel,[2] and builds relationships with racing drivers in order to keep herself updated on the events of a race,[5] using this as a method to maintain the interest and intrigue in television viewers.[2]

Personal life

Howe met sports car driver Bryan Sellers at a press assignment in 2005.[12] The two later married,[6] and have two children.[2]

References

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