Damany Lewis
Damany Lewis is one of Channel's 4's newer general assignment reporters.
A south Chicago native, Damany joined WJXT in December, 2001 from WICD, in Champaign, Ill. where he was a general assignment reporter focusing on numerous in depth reports, from juvenile detention centers to credit card fraud.
Although Damany is a midwesterner at heart, he has roots here in the Sunshine State. He worked at WTWC in Tallahassee as part-time sports reporter, his beat including the national champion Florida State University Seminoles and the Florida A&M Rattlers.
Before that he worked as a sports reporter and producer for the Florida Sunshine Network for the weekly show called "Players of the Game," covering Florida A&M sports and airing across the entire state of Florida.
Damany began his career in television behind the scenes as a production assistant at another Tallahassee station, WTXL, where he did everything from run teleprompter to the audio board.
After a year, he then moved to WTWC in Tallahassee, where he was hired as the chief weekend editor and a part-time sports photographer.
Damany's first on-air experience for a news station came when he convinced his news director at WTWC to allow him to cover a group of children going to their first baseball game.
Damany graduated from Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, where he received a bachelors of science in broadcast journalism with a minor in history in the spring of 2000.
Damany has received numerous national awards, including a Society of Professional Journalists first place award for his work in a breast cancer documentary entitled "A Battle With Breast Cancer," and a second place award for in depth sports coverage.
Damany is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Society of Professional Journalists, the Screen Actors Guild and Florida A&M National Alumni Association.
In his spare time he enjoys exercising, watching any sport imaginable, cooking, and writing poetry. Damany hopes to one day write his own book of poetry.
Damany's words of wisdom: "Anything is possible through Christ our Lord and Savior."
Copyright 2003 by News4Jax.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
A south Chicago native, Damany joined WJXT in December, 2001 from WICD, in Champaign, Ill. where he was a general assignment reporter focusing on numerous in depth reports, from juvenile detention centers to credit card fraud.
Although Damany is a midwesterner at heart, he has roots here in the Sunshine State. He worked at WTWC in Tallahassee as part-time sports reporter, his beat including the national champion Florida State University Seminoles and the Florida A&M Rattlers.
Before that he worked as a sports reporter and producer for the Florida Sunshine Network for the weekly show called "Players of the Game," covering Florida A&M sports and airing across the entire state of Florida.
Damany began his career in television behind the scenes as a production assistant at another Tallahassee station, WTXL, where he did everything from run teleprompter to the audio board.
After a year, he then moved to WTWC in Tallahassee, where he was hired as the chief weekend editor and a part-time sports photographer.
Damany's first on-air experience for a news station came when he convinced his news director at WTWC to allow him to cover a group of children going to their first baseball game.
Damany graduated from Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, where he received a bachelors of science in broadcast journalism with a minor in history in the spring of 2000.
Damany has received numerous national awards, including a Society of Professional Journalists first place award for his work in a breast cancer documentary entitled "A Battle With Breast Cancer," and a second place award for in depth sports coverage.
Damany is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Society of Professional Journalists, the Screen Actors Guild and Florida A&M National Alumni Association.
In his spare time he enjoys exercising, watching any sport imaginable, cooking, and writing poetry. Damany hopes to one day write his own book of poetry.
Damany's words of wisdom: "Anything is possible through Christ our Lord and Savior."Copyright 2003 by News4Jax.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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