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Jamie Howe
Born (1984-10-22) October 22, 1984 (age 39)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materGeorgia State University
OccupationAuto racing reporter
Years active2003–present
Employers
  • IMSA Radio
  • SpouseBryan Sellers
    Children2

    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[edit]

    Early life and education[edit]

    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 SchoolinSnellville, 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[edit]

    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 AssociationonESPN2, 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 SeriesatDaytona 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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    1. ^ a b "Jamie Howe – Bio". JamieHowe.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  • ^ a b c d e "Jamie Howe – Pit Reporter, NHRA & IMSA". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on June 9, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  • ^ a b c d e f Murphy, Bill (October 19, 2012). "Petit Le Mans: Local couple has found success driving, broadcasting in American Le Mans Series". The Gainesville Times. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  • ^ a b c d e "Continental Tire IMSA Spotlight: Jamie Howe". SportsCar365. August 23, 2017. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  • ^ a b c d e f Farmer, Keith (August 28, 2013). "Brookwood grad, ESPN pit reporter to pull double duty". Gwinnett Daily Post. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  • ^ a b c Hall, Andy (August 29, 2014). "Mom-to-be Howe getting plenty of support in NHRA pits". ESPN Front Row. Archived from the original on June 27, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  • ^ "Porsche Continues To Groom Stars of Tomorrow". International Motor Sports Association. October 2015. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  • ^ "Porsche Young Driver Academy Moves to California". SportsCar365. October 24, 2018. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  • ^ "Till, Howe join IMSA Radio". Racer. January 4, 2019. Archived from the original on January 6, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  • ^ Allway, Phil (February 8, 2019). "2019 NASCAR TV Preview: It's Time to Get Ready for NASCAR On FOX". Frontstretch. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  • ^ Krall, Charles (May 30, 2019). "Two-time Truck Champ Matt Crafton Joins FS2 Broadcast of General Tire 200 at Pocono". Automobile Racing Club of America. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  • ^ Snider, Eric (May 25, 2012). "Off to the Races!". The Atlantan Magazine. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
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