{{Short description|British journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Jamie Owen | image = <!-- NOTE TO EDITORS: Do not replace the header image unless it is with a photo under a public domain or free license (NOT the same as fair use). Any fair use photos (i.e. promotional photos, album covers) are copyright violations and will be deleted. Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fair use criteria --> | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1967}} | education = Christ College, Brecon <br /> Cardiff University | occupation = Journalist, broadcaster, and writer | years_active = 1989–present | website = http://www.jamieowen.co.uk/ }}
'''Jamie Owen''' (born 1967) is a Welsh journalist, broadcaster, writer and former BBC Wales Today presenter. He joined the BBC in 1989, first working at BBC Radio and then presenting BBC Wales Today between 1994 and 2018. He has presented other TV and radio programmes and has published several books.
==Background== Owen was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. His father, James Meyrick Owen, was a Pembroke Dock Solicitor, and his mother was a health visitor and midwife.<ref name="BBCwales">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/presenters/pages/jamie_owen.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506183254/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/presenters/pages/jamie_owen.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2008|title=Jamie Owen profile|work=BBC Wales|accessdate=19 September 2010}}</ref>
==Education== Owen was educated at Pennar School, Pembroke Dock; Christ College, Brecon; University of Gloucestershire and Cardiff University.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}
==Career== Owen joined the BBC in 1989 and worked at BBC Radio 3, later joining BBC Radio 4 as a newsreader and announcer.<ref name="BBCleave" /> He then continued his career as a continuity announcer for BBC One & BBC Two Wales in the early 1990s. He had been a main presenter on BBC Wales' flagship news programme, BBC Wales Today since 1994, and has presented a weekday morning radio show on BBC Radio Wales, as well as a talk programme for BBC Radio Wales on Sundays at midday. He has also presented Songs of Praise, BBC Breakfast News and BBC Radio 4's Shipping Forecast and is currently working with BBC World Service Trust in the Middle East in Jordan, Ramallah, Libya and Egypt.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}
On 9 January 2018 it was announced by the BBC that Owen would be leaving BBC Wales, and that he would be taking on a new role at international broadcaster TRT World.<ref name="BBCleave">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-42623250|title=TV news presenter to leave BBC Wales|date=2018|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-01-10|language=en-GB}}</ref> He left TRT World and joined CGTN in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamie Owen |url=http://www.welshstars.co.uk/jamie-owen |website=www.welshstars.co.uk |date=25 April 2023 |language=en-gb}}</ref>
==Publications == * ''"Magic Islands"'' – a sailing journey around Welsh islands in a 100-year-old Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter (Gomer Press, 2002) {{ISBN|9781843231905}} * ''"Magic Harbours"'' – a sailing voyage around the harbours of Wales (Pont Books, 2005) {{ISBN|9781843234647}} * ''"Welsh Journeys"'' – charted travels around the Welsh landscape (Gomer Press, 2005) {{ISBN|9781843235699}} * ''"More Welsh Journeys"'' (Gomer Press, 2006) {{ISBN|9781843237389}} * ''"Around Wales by B-Roads and Byways"'' (Ebury Press, 2010) {{ISBN|9780091932824}} *''"A year in Pembrokeshire"'' - a collaboration with black-and-white photographer David Wilson, depicting through words and pictures the people and places of Pembrokeshire (Graffeg Limited, 2018) {{ISBN|978-1912213658}}
His first three books were filmed for the BBC and published on DVD.<ref name="books">{{cite web|url=http://www.jamieowen.co.uk/10/back/books.html|title=Books|accessdate=23 September 2010|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221859/http://www.jamieowen.co.uk/10/back/books.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151020090646/http://jamieowen.co.uk/ Jamie Owen official site]}} *[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0079g25 ''Jamie Owen''] *{{IMDb name|id=1797282|name=Jamie Owen}}
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