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VOICE OF THE NEW JEWISH GENERATION
Changing Career Paths After working 15 years in TV, Jason Lewis changes course. RACHEL SWEET ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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MAY 12 • 2022
LEFT: Jason reporting at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., after Michigan played Georgia in the college football playoff semifinals. ABOVE: Jason feeding his wife, Mandy, a brownie during their baby announcement photo shoot. BOTTOM LEFT: Jason and Mandy on their wedding day.
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roles in my two years in New York, ason Lewis, 33, is the new comincluding hosting the Edge, anchoring munications specialist at Walled Lake Consolidated School District. on the weekends, and I was the face of the station’s New York Yankees pregame He’s the former sports director for show.” ABC 12 News in Flint. Jason decided Jason won a small-market Emmy while to change career paths after 15 years in working as the sports director at KTXS the television industry. “I wanted to put in Abilene, Texas. family first. We’re expectWhile working in the ing our first child,” Jason mid-Michigan area, Jason explained. says he’s loved getting to Jason married his wife, know the athletes throughMandy, in August 2019. out the community, “I realWhile he says he’s loved ly got to connect with them his time running the sports on a different level. It’s fun department in Flint for getting to interact with five years, he is ready for a them and do a lot more career change. than just game wraps and “Sports was something highlights. I got the chance that I’ve been extremely to really tell their stories passionate about. We got Jason’s headshot for his and their journeys to that to cover a lot of big events. new job at Walled Lake Consolidated School District We traveled to Miami point, which is awesome.” where he works as the Originally from the for the Orange Bowl for communications specialist. northern New Jersey area, Michigan. We even travJason says he was raised in eled for March Madness a highly populated Jewish area. “In sevevery year, which is a lot of fun.” enth grade, I remember going to two or Earlier in his career, Jason helped three bar and bat mitzvahs every single launch a local sports show in Albany, weekend.” He grew up in a Conservative N.Y., Upstate Sports Edge. “I filled many
