Jacqueline Howard is an American and published writer, reporter, and television producer based in Atlanta. She is a feature writer and on-air talent at CNN Health, covering the latest news in fitness, diet, nutrition, education, relationships, medicine, diseases, and healthy living. She also appears as the host & reporter in health-related segments on CNN’s morning show New Day. ^{[8] [2] [1] [4]}

Jacqueline Howard completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies. ^{[2] [8]} She went on to attend the University of Southern California, receiving a Master of Arts in broadcast journalism. ^{[8] [2]}

She was first published in her hometown newspaper, the Northwest Press. ^[8]

Howard joined the AOL Inc. family in 2010 as an editor at AOL’s local news company, Patch, where she spearheaded the “Patch of Nature” science reporting project. She then transferred to the HuffPost Science team in 2012 as an associate editor.^[8]

Since then, she has served as senior science editor at The Huffington Post and serving as the host/producer of the video series Talk Nerdy To Me. She also appeared weekly on HuffPost Live’s Nerd’s Forum segment in which she discussed the latest news in science, health and technology. In addition, she has also been featured on several educational videos for The Nature Conservancy, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Big History Project.^[2]

Previously, Howard has produced content for USAToday.com, Viacom Media Networks, and WCPO-TV.^[8]

Howard also served as a guest judge in the 2015 Nikon Small World photomicrography competition. She was also selected to participate in The White House's "We the Geeks: Women Role Models" initiative in 2014.^[15][16]

She was a 2019 National Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.^[8]