Jamie Krauss Hess

Jamie Krauss was always meant to be on television. Outgoing and precocious even as a pre-schooler, Jamie did her fist interview at the largely attended bi-centennial celebration of the Statue of Liberty. With hundreds of celebrities, dignitaries and politicians around, Jamie sidled up to her subject, Henry Kissinger, and got right down to the important topic: "What is your favorite flavor of ice cream, and do you like sprinkles or hot fudge?" Jamie was only five years old. It was around that age when her mother, Joan Lunden, began bringing her to all of Good Morning America (1975)'s biggest events. She had an innate love of being on-set, and watching a television show broadcast. Joan often sat Jamie on the side, and would return to find her "pre-interviewing" her next guest, whether it was a movie star or an ex-president. On take-you-daughters-to-work-day, it was clear to Lunden what her daughter was born to do, and she would always set up an opportunity for Jamie to interview her favorite author live on the show. From Judy Blume to Mary Higgins Clark, Jamie took the charge very seriously, asking good questions and bringing her effusive personality through in every interview. She was no more then 12 years old. When the show went on the road to Amsterdam, the GMA producers thought it would be evocative to have Jamie read from Anne Frank's diary, a charge that Jamie took very seriously. She put so much steadfast emotion into the reading, that letters poured into ABC, with viewers saying it was one of the most emotional pieces they had ever seen on morning television. As time went one, Jamie continued to pursue her passion for media and journalism with gusto. Jamie has a knack for getting it done. That's probably why she got hired by the most exclusive public relations firm in the city while still in college at NYU. Not one to pass up an opportunity, she planned her college classes into early mornings and late nights, working full-time during the day. She honed her skills in public relations and, upon graduation, she moved on to a higher position at an even bigger firm. By the time Jamie was 23, with most of her contemporaries starting internships, Jamie was well on her way to becoming on of the most well-known publicists in New York City. Jamie spent five years working hard by day, and sauntering down red carpets at night. Because she ran in social circles with celebrities and socialites, and was often photographed and publicized at high profile parties all over town, she became a New York nightlife fixture, and one of Gotham's most infamous media darlings. There came a time when she would call the media outlets with whom she had been dealing for years, and they were more interested in her then in her clients. She realized she had hit the tipping point in her public life, where she knew it was time to move on to do what she did best. Jamie had honed her craft by watching her mother and her father, Michael Krauss, a television producer, and then studying all of the different areas of the business independently. Growing up in a broadcast and entertainment family, she has a deep understanding of the trade. She knows how to talk to the people behind the scenes at every level. She had spent her young adult life developing her own voice and her own sensibilities, and now she is ready to carry that over, and follow in her mother's footsteps, but with her own unique, hip, hot and sassy flair, of course. It is her outgoing nature, gregarious personality, extroverted sensibilities, and unreserved ability to talk anywhere about anything at anytime - that are her best strengths. Much like her mother, she is likable, thrives when she is front and center, and has an unparalleled work ethic. Most importantly, she has a passion for life that reads on television. She has the same sparkle in her eye that made people love and relate to her mother for so many years. They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.