{{short description|American television auto racing reporter (born 1984)}} {{Infobox person | name = Jamie Howe | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|10|22}} | birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | nationality = | alma_mater = Georgia State University | occupation = Auto racing reporter | years_active = 2003–present | employer = {{hlist|Fox Sports|IMSA Radio|}} | spouse = 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.<ref name=JHBio>{{cite web|title=Jamie Howe – Bio|url=http://www.jamiehowe.com/#!/page_bio|publisher=JamieHowe.com|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-date=January 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128054348/http://jamiehowe.com/#!/page_bio|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=FoxSportsBio>{{cite web|title=Jamie Howe – Pit Reporter, NHRA & IMSA|url=https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/bios/on-air/jamie-howe|work=Fox Sports|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609213409/http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/bios/on-air/jamie-howe|archive-date=June 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> She is oldest of two children in her family.<ref name="FoxSportsBio" /> Howe was educated at Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia.<ref name="GTOct12">{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Bill|title=Petit Le Mans: Local couple has found success driving, broadcasting in American Le Mans Series|url=https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/sports/community-sports/petit-le-mans-local-couple-has-found-success-driving-broadcasting-in-american-le-mans-series/|work=The Gainesville Times|date=October 19, 2012|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190827074829/https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/sports/community-sports/petit-le-mans-local-couple-has-found-success-driving-broadcasting-in-american-le-mans-series/|archive-date=August 27, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="S365Spotlight">{{cite web|title=Continental Tire IMSA Spotlight: Jamie Howe|url=http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/continental-tire-imsa-spotlight-jamie-howe/|publisher=SportsCar365|date=August 23, 2017|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901155438/http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/continental-tire-imsa-spotlight-jamie-howe/|archive-date=September 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> There, a teacher of hers helped introduce her to television broadcasting and interned at the CNN Student Bureau.<ref name="GDPAug13">{{cite news|last=Farmer|first=Keith|title=Brookwood grad, ESPN pit reporter to pull double duty|url=https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/archive/brookwood-grad-espn-pit-reporter-to-pull-double-duty/article_b801e34f-33e7-54e2-ad75-bc1693d722f2.html|work=Gwinnett Daily Post|date=August 28, 2013|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827075658/https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/archive/brookwood-grad-espn-pit-reporter-to-pull-double-duty/article_b801e34f-33e7-54e2-ad75-bc1693d722f2.html|archive-date=August 27, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Howe cited this experience for providing her with the experience of creating a news report from production to broadcast.<ref name="S365Spotlight" /> After graduating from Brookwood High School, she became a swimming coach, and had taken up the sport before stopping due to an shoulder injury.<ref name="GDPAug13" /> Howe graduated from Georgia State University with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism in 2007.<ref name="JHBio" /><ref name="GDPAug13" />

===Career=== In April 2003,<ref name="GTOct12" /> John Evenson, vice-president of broadcasting for the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), who had a child enrolled on her swimming course,<ref name="S365Spotlight" /> 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.<ref name="GTOct12" /> 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.<ref name="S365Spotlight" />

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.<ref name="S365Spotlight" /> As a freelancer,<ref name="GDPAug13" /> she has acted as Speed's pit lane reporter for the ALMS, the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 24 Hours of Le Mans,<ref name="GTOct12" /> the National Hot Rod Association on ESPN2, ESPN3 and ABC from the 2010 season,<ref name="GTOct12" /><ref name="ESPNFR2014" /> and presented the program ''Lucas Oil on the Edge'' on Speed.<ref name="GTOct12" /><ref name="GDPAug13" /> She missed the final four races of the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series because she was on maternity leave.<ref name="ESPNFR2014">{{cite web|last=Hall|first=Andy|title=Mom-to-be Howe getting plenty of support in NHRA pits|url=http://www.espnfrontrow.com/2014/08/mom-howe-getting-plenty-support-nhra-pits/|publisher=ESPN Front Row|date=August 29, 2014|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627111922/http://www.espnfrontrow.com/2014/08/mom-howe-getting-plenty-support-nhra-pits/|archive-date=June 27, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Porsche2015">{{cite web|title=Porsche Continues To Groom Stars of Tomorrow|url=https://imsatv.imsa.com/porsche-continues-groom-stars-tomorrow|publisher=International Motor Sports Association|date=October 2015|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827153229/https://imsatv.imsa.com/porsche-continues-groom-stars-tomorrow|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="S365Oct18">{{cite web|title=Porsche Young Driver Academy Moves to California|url=https://sportscar365.com/industry/porsche-young-driver-academy-moves-to-california-for-seventh-year/|publisher=SportsCar365|date=October 24, 2018|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827153220/https://sportscar365.com/industry/porsche-young-driver-academy-moves-to-california-for-seventh-year/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref name="RacerHoweIMSARadio">{{cite web|title=Till, Howe join IMSA Radio|url=https://racer.com/2019/01/04/till-howe-join-imsa-radio/|work=Racer|date=January 4, 2019|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106173444/https://racer.com/2019/01/04/till-howe-join-imsa-radio/|archive-date=January 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The following month, Howe made her NASCAR broadcast debut in its Gander Outdoors Truck Series at Daytona International Speedway,<ref name="FStretchNASCAR">{{cite web|last=Allway|first=Phil|title=2019 NASCAR TV Preview: It's Time to Get Ready for NASCAR On FOX|url=https://www.frontstretch.com/2019/02/08/2019-nascar-tv-preview-its-time-to-get-ready-for-fox/|publisher=Frontstretch|date=February 8, 2019|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827153223/https://www.frontstretch.com/2019/02/08/2019-nascar-tv-preview-its-time-to-get-ready-for-fox/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref name="ARCADebut">{{cite web|last=Krall|first=Charles|title=Two-time Truck Champ Matt Crafton Joins FS2 Broadcast of General Tire 200 at Pocono|url=https://www.arcaracing.com/articles/2012108-two-time-truck-champ-matt-crafton-joins-fs2-broadcast-of-general-tire-200-at-pocono|publisher=Automobile Racing Club of America|date=May 30, 2019|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827153221/https://www.arcaracing.com/articles/2012108-two-time-truck-champ-matt-crafton-joins-fs2-broadcast-of-general-tire-200-at-pocono|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Methodology == Howe employs the philosophy "everyone has a story" when interviewing team personnel,<ref name="FoxSportsBio" /> and builds relationships with racing drivers in order to keep herself updated on the events of a race,<ref name="GDPAug13" /> using this as a method to maintain the interest and intrigue in television viewers.<ref name="FoxSportsBio" />

==Personal life== Howe met sports car driver Bryan Sellers at a press assignment in 2005.<ref name=HoweSellers>{{cite web|last=Snider|first=Eric|title=Off to the Races!|url=https://www.modernluxury.com/atlanta/articles/the-races|work=The Atlantan Magazine|date=May 25, 2012|access-date=August 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827080124/https://www.modernluxury.com/atlanta/articles/the-races|archive-date=August 27, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The two later married,<ref name="ESPNFR2014" /> and have two children.<ref name="FoxSportsBio" />

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.jamiehowe.com/}}

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