Amy Gutierrez (born November 14, 1973), also known as Amy G, is an American
sports journalist
Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sporting topics and competitions. Sports journalism started in the early 1800s when it was targeted to the social elite and transitioned into an integral part of the n ...
and writer.
Life and education
Amy U'Ren Gutierrez was born in
San Mateo, California
San Mateo ( ; ) is a city in San Mateo County, California, on the San Francisco Peninsula. About 20 miles (32 km) south of San Francisco, the city borders Burlingame to the north, Hillsborough to the west, San Francisco Bay and Foster C ...
and raised in
Petaluma, California
Petaluma (Miwok languages, Miwok: ''Péta Lúuma'') is a city in Sonoma County, California, Sonoma County, California, located in the North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Its population was 59,776 a ...
. She attended La Tercera Elementary School, Kenilworth Junior High and
Casa Grande High School
Casa Grande High School is a public high school in Petaluma, California. Casa Grande is one of six high schools in the Petaluma City Schools District.
History
At the end of the 1960s, prior to the construction of Casa Grande High, the Petalum ...
. At Casa Grande she played softball, basketball, and volleyball.
Gutierrez wanted to be a
broadcast journalist
Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are broadcast by electronic methods instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. It works on radio (via air, cable, and Internet), television (via air, cable, ...
.
[ She graduated from the ]University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...
in 1995 with degrees in rhetoric
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and communications
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. While at Davis she performed in the school's concert band, playing the flute.
Career
After graduation, Gutierrez first moved to Washington, D.C.[ before relocating to work as a television producer for ]Foxsports
Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world.
The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the Fo ...
while living in Los Angeles.[ While there, she filled in for a sick co-worker and appeared on air.]NBC Sports Bay Area
NBC Sports Bay Area (sometimes abbreviated as NBCS Bay Area) is an American regional sports network owned as a joint venture between NBCUniversal and the San Francisco Giants, and operates as an affiliate of NBC Sports Regional Networks. Headquart ...
, for whom she covers the San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco, California. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1883 as the New Yor ...
. She also contributes to ''G-Mag'' and has her own webcast
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called ''Amy G's Giants Xclusive''.[
Gutierrez, who writes all her own stories, reports on the "emotional, nontechnical side of the game," in order to attract both frequent and occasional game viewers. She reviews her stories with other reporters prior to producing them.][
]
Smarty Marty's Got Game
In 2012, Gutierrez was asked to write a book about baseball for children ages 6–9 by the Cameron + Company publishing house. The book, ''Smarty Marty's Got Game'', was published in 2013. It was illustrated by Adam McCauley. The title character, Marty, is based upon Amy's mother and grandmother and is named after Gutierrez's grandmother who died just before Gutierrez started writing the book. Marty is a little girl who teaches her little brother about baseball, emulating the relationship of Gutierrez's own children.[
]
Publications
*Gutierrez, Amy and Adam McCauley. ''Smarty Marty's Got Game''. Petaluma: Cameron + Company (2013).
*Gutierrez, Amy and Ariana Killora. ''Smarty Marty Steps Up Her Game''. Petaluma: Cameron Kids (2017).
References
External links
*
Mom with a mic: Giants television reporter Amy Gutierrez makes her mark in baseball while gaining her footing as a parent
via the ''Marin Independent Journal''
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Living people
People from San Mateo, California
American sports journalists
San Francisco Giants announcers
Major League Baseball broadcasters
University of California, Davis alumni
1973 births