Draft:Jamie Alter (journalist)



Jamie Alter is a sports writer, journalist, actor, chat show host, author and YouTuber.

Born in India to the late Tom Alter, Padma Shri recipient and actor across the film, television and theatre canvas, and Carol Evans Alter, a teacher who co-founded the American School of Bombay, Jamie has been a sports journalist since 2005 having covered multiple cricket World Cups.

After nearly five years working for ESPNcricinfo, Jamie served as Sports Editor of the Times of India Digital, Cricbuzz, Cricketnext and most recently as Group Sports Editor (Digital) at Zee Media. He also also authored two cricket-related books (A History of the World Cup, Field of Dreams: The Story of the DY Patil Sports Stadium) and dabbled in acting.

As the much-loved news anchor Tinku Jiya - as well as his twin Rinku Jiya - Jamie was the face of the popular YouTube channel Fake It India, a satirical take on the Indian television setup, from 2016 to 2023.

His film credits include the unreleased 2013 historical drama Alex Hindustani, Zoya Akhtar’s The Archies, Siddharth P Malhotra’s Maharaj, a Kannada film titled Kannadiga and the English-Tamil short, The Ghost of the Lighthouse.

In the OTT space, he has acted in web series such as Afsos (Amazon Prime), in which he plays the main villain, Dr Goldfish, the second and third seasons of Undekhi (SonyLIV), Rocket Boys (SonyLIV), Mismatched (Netflix) and Constable Girpade (Amazon Mini TV).

Jamie has also acted in a play directed by Dr M Sayeed Alam, as part of the internationally renowned theatre group, Pierrot's Troupe.

Apart from journalism and acting, Jamie hosted his own podcast series on the Glance app and has dabbled in cricket commentary. He runs two YouTube channels, one his personal space and another on cricket.

He has been married to noted television sports presenter Meha Bhardwaj since 2012. They have one son and reside in Noida.