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Biography
Jamie Shepherd (born 26 June) is a British television producer and former news reporter.
Shepherd currently works at ITV Good Morning Britain, ITV News and ITV News London.
Media career
Shepherd was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales. At 18 years of age, the former Ysgol Eifionydd, Porthmadog, pupil started reading bilingual Welsh news bulletins for radio stations Heart Cymru and Heart North Wales Coast.
During his degree at Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, Shepherd was freelancing at Dee 106.3 in Chester, Brmb in Birmingham, Heart 100.7 in Birmingham and Heart Radio in North Wales and Cheshire.
Shepherd then went on to reads the news at Global Radio, Leicester Square, London for the Heart Radio Network, LBC, XFM, Choice FM and the Gold Radio Network. He was the youngest national newsreader in the UK at the age of 19. Jamie also worked at ITV London as a producer and reporter.
In 2008, Jamie was selected as a news reporter for BBC News 24 through the Blast scheme.
Shepherd has appeared on Channel 4, E4, BBC News 24, Five News, S4C, and ITV.
Personal life
According to the Daily Mirror, Jamie is the best friend of Hollywood actress Jessica Lowndes.