40 | MAY 12 • 2022 

J

ason Lewis, 33, is the new com-
munications specialist at Walled 
Lake Consolidated School District. 
He’s the former sports director for 
ABC 12 News in Flint. Jason decided 
to change career paths after 15 years in 
the television industry. “I wanted to put 
family first. We’re expect-
ing our first child,” Jason 
explained.
Jason married his wife, 
Mandy, in August 2019. 
While he says he’s loved 
his time running the sports 
department in Flint for 
five years, he is ready for a 
career change. 
“Sports was something 
that I’ve been extremely 
passionate about. We got 
to cover a lot of big events. 
We traveled to Miami 
for the Orange Bowl for 
Michigan. We even trav-
eled for March Madness 
every year, which is a lot of fun.” 
Earlier in his career, Jason helped 
launch a local sports show in Albany, 
N.Y., Upstate Sports Edge. “I filled many 

roles in my two years in New York, 
including hosting the Edge, anchoring 
on the weekends, and I was the face of 
the station’s New York Yankees pregame 
show.” 
Jason won a small-market Emmy while 
working as the sports director at KTXS 
in Abilene, Texas. 
While working in the 
mid-Michigan area, Jason 
says he’s loved getting to 
know the athletes through-
out the community, “I real-
ly got to connect with them 
on a different level. It’s fun 
getting to interact with 
them and do a lot more 
than just game wraps and 
highlights. I got the chance 
to really tell their stories 
and their journeys to that 
point, which is awesome.” 
Originally from the 
northern New Jersey area, 
Jason says he was raised in 
a highly populated Jewish area. “In sev-
enth grade, I remember going to two or 
three bar and bat mitzvahs every single 
weekend.” He grew up in a Conservative 

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.

After working 
15 years in TV, 
Jason Lewis 
changes course.

RACHEL SWEET ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Changing 
Career 
Paths

NEXT DOR
VOICE OF THE NEW 
JEWISH GENERATION

Jason’s headshot for his 
new job at Walled Lake 
Consolidated School District 
where he works as the 
communications specialist.

