Katie Osborne is an American sportscaster and journalist, who came to prominence among the public, especially motorsports and automobile enthusiasts, when she hosted “PowerNation TV”.
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Early life and family
Katie Osborne was born on July 31, 1987, in Indianapolis, Indiana USA, to Catholic parents, Brad and Meg, who celebrated their 36e wedding anniversary in March 2020. She grew up with her siblings, Rob and Scott, in Carmel, north Indianapolis. Meg, a cancer survivor, was a high school teacher and swim coach for over three decades. Brad was a residential realtor for 42 years, and in 2015 he became a school bus driver, which he considers a must-have job.
In 2008, Meg became the founder and president of Meg and Associates, an event planning and marketing firm that primarily organizes fundraising events for Indianapolis-area charities. Brad is one of the company’s vice presidents.
Her older brother, Rob, is married and has a loving son named Aiden James. His younger brother, nicknamed Scottie, loves sculpture, illustration and design. One only has to look at his social media posts to know that they are close as family. Despite their busy schedules, they always make time to be together, and not just on special occasions or when celebrating milestones. Her parents express how proud they are of Katie’s accomplishments.
Her maternal grandfather was Ralph F. Gates, 37e governor of Indiana from 1945 to 1949.
Education background
Katie graduated from Heritage Christian School in Indianapolis in 2006. She attended the University of Iowa for Sports and Health Studies to major in Journalism for one year (2006-2007) during which she became a member of the swim and dive team. Then she transferred and eventually earned a bachelor’s degree in sports communication-broadcasting from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2010, where she served on the Student Foundation Steering Committee. During her college years, she was involved in the student organization Dance Marathon, which supports young cancer patients and their families, as well as a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
Career
First steps
While in college, she worked as an administrative assistant at St. Vincent’s Sports Performance Center for the year (2007-2008), followed by a seven-month customer service internship at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Brickyard 400 and the Indianapolis 500. Her first experience in sports reporting came in January 2008, when she became a member of the nearly two-year NIKE field reporter program.
In 2009, she worked briefly as a unit marketing director for the American fast food restaurant Chick-fil-a, then from 2010 to 2011 as a sports trainee at Sports-TV Channel 8, as an in-game TV host. for Pacers Sports and Entertainment, and host and content producer of “In the Passenger Seat” for IndyCar, an open-wheel racing series.
Katie continued to hone her sports reporting skills as she worked as a sideline reporter and host from 2011-2013 for various sporting events and shows including the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, USA Swimming Indianapolis Grand Prix, Speed’s AMA Supercross and Indianapolis Colts. (American football) pre-game broadcasts.
Additional success
Katie has kept a busy schedule as a TV reporter and host for ESPN, NBS Sports, Fox Sports and other sports networks, where she has not only gained experience but also a wider audience. She was the executive producer and host of X Games/Global Rallycross web content and produced a radio show affiliated with it. In 2014, she became the host of Fox Sports Baseball’s weekly “PadresPOV” in San Diego and was an occasional sideline reporter for Padres TV shows.
It was in 2015 that she covered the “TORC: The Off-Road Championship” series as a track reporter for Fox Sports.
“Power Nation Television”
One of the biggest breakthroughs she had was hosting “PowerNation TV”, which caters mainly to car enthusiasts, as it offers shows with convenient formats such as “XOR”, “ Detroit Muscle,” “Truck Tech,” and “Power Engine.” Her first episode as host of “Power Nation” airing on Spike was on January 4, 2016, which also aired on History Channel, CBS Sports, and NBCSN. She also hosted “Power Nation on the Road” from June 2016 to January 2020, and the shows are available on Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV digital media players.
She said that living in the racing capital of the world which is Indianapolis, you can’t help but be interested in what’s going on in the automotive world, although in her case it’s much more personal than that, as his parents were in the Indianapolis 500; they were directors of the 1993 500Festival, which is a non-profit community organization that organizes events and programs to celebrate the Indy500. Her dad loves cars and talked about them a lot with her, and she came to love them too. She covered broadcasts of two-wheeled and four-wheeled racing programs.
Some of the programs it currently participates in include Mecum Auctions since August 2016, Red Bull Signature Series on FS1 since October 2018, and NASCAR since January 2020.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, she has covered sports and done online interviews for shows such as “Redbull Homestretch.”
Private life
Katie is 32 and dating Tanner Foust, TV host and professional racing driver. It’s not revealed when they started dating, but her first Instagram posts with him date back to August 2013 when they visited Children’s Healthcare in Atlanta and then February 2014 for the “Make A Wish” event. Between 2014 and 2019, they were able to spend time together, and Tanner even vacationed with his family. No recent photos with him have been released; the last was back in April 2019, when she said they were both busy and couldn’t get together often.
Tanner Foust is best known for Rallycross and drift racing, and has won numerous medals in racing events. He made “Formula Drift” history when he won back-to-back championships (2017-2018) and won most Fox Sports “X Games” matches with nine medals. Foust was the host of the automotive television series “Top Gear” and Speed Channel’s weekly show “SuperCars Exposed”. He also worked as a stuntman for films such as “The Dukes of Hazzard” and “The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift”.
Interesting facts and rumors
- Katie has been practicing yoga since 2008, and she teaches her 5-year-old nephew how to do it via zoom.
- Her official website KatieOsborne.com was officially launched in February 2015.
- She hosted “The Joy Project” podcast with episodes available on SoundCloud.
Increased that mileage on mint fleas that roam the city looking for (and chasing) mopars for an upcoming project. Fun PM of filming. And… these 2 wheels look great under the lights if I tell myself.✨ #newport beach https://t.co/kQULudbZkh pic.twitter.com/zzCDcUK4Dm
— Katie Osborne (@ktmosborne) June 17, 2020
Charity
She created and organized “Make-A-Wish” events and worked with other foundations to help enrich the community, including Homes of Hope, as she was part of the group that built a home in Mexico for a family in need.
Appearance
She is 1.7 m (5 ft 9 in) tall, weighs 54 kg (120 lb) and is slim. She has blonde hair and blue eyes.
Net value
Katie has worked non-stop since her university days and found success as a sportscaster and journalist. His net worth is estimated at $500,000 as of May 2020, according to authoritative sources.
