Tisha Lewis Bio, FOX 5 DC, Age, Height, Education, Family, Husband, Children and Career

Tisha Lewis Biography

Tisha Lewis is an award winning journalist currently working as an anchor and reporter for FOX 5 DC News. She anchors FOX 5 PLUS at 8 pm during the week and reports. Lewis also hosts “The Good Word” podcast. She joined the station in June 2015.

Tisha Lewis Career

She was born in Brooklyn, New York but raised in Northern Virginia. Lewis graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and minored in Spanish from Virginia Tech. She also studied abroad in Cuernavaca, Mexico and received her Certification in Spanish from La Universidad de Internacional.

After more than a decade of reporting and anchoring across the country, Lewis is thrilled to be back home in Northern Virginia where she was raised and attended elementary, middle and high school. She draws her inspiration from her mother and daughter, who Lewis considers her best friends. Lewis received The President’s Volunteer Service Award and The Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award on 3 December 2023.

Prior to joining FOX 5 DC, Lewis spent more than four years as a reporter and fill-in anchor for FOX 32 News in Chicago Illinois. During her time in Chicago, she covered breaking news from the front lines of NATO, a historic Chicago Teachers Union Strike and the 2012 Presidential Election.  In addition, Lewis even embedded overnight with Occupy Chicago and documented the experience on her iPhone! Furthermore, she also weathered and survived the Windy City’s blistering cold including the Blizzard of 2011, Polar Vortex of 2014 and the Blizzard of 2015! One of her most cherished moments in Chicago was creating Sisters Peak, a youth mentoring program designed to help female students climb to their peak of success and achievement.

Before joining FOX 32 News, Lewis worked as an anchor and reporter at the FOX affiliate WXIN in Indianapolis, Indiana. While there, she covered stories that made national headlines including a deadly teen bullying case, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels’ take on 2010 and the Indianapolis Colts’ road to Super Bowl XLIV.

Tisha Lewis FOX 5 DC

Her four years as a reporter and fill-in anchor at WTVJ, the NBC station in Miami, Florida was the catalyst for her passion to tell a good story. While there, Lewis covered hurricane season and conflicts in Haiti and Cuba, including the transition of power in Cuba when leader Fidel Castro fell ill. In addition, she also covered the 2008 presidential campaign, the inauguration of President Barack Obama and Anna Nicole Smith’s death.  During her time in Miami, Lewis also worked at WSFL, the CW affiliate, where she worked on its inaugural morning program, “The Morning Show,” and anchored news headlines.

Lewis began her career in broadcast journalism career in 2002 in New York, working behind the scenes at Fox News Channel on At Large with Geraldo Rivera and The Big Story Weekend Edition with Rita Cosby. Two years later, she became a reporter and fill-in anchor at KGET, the NBC affiliate in Bakersfield, California.

Lewis got her first taste of television at 14 years old as a “Posse Member” on Black Entertainment Television’s talk show Teen Summit based in Washington, D.C. Furthermore at BET, she appeared in Kaiser Permanente’s national “Rap-It-Up” public service announcement which focused on HIV and AIDS awareness.

She played classical piano for more than a decade, violin for two years and the Alto B saxophone for three years, so Lewis loves music before becoming a journalist. Additionally, she also performed with DC Youth Ensemble based at The Duke Ellington School of Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Furthermore, Lewis is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Jack and Jill of America Incorporated and The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

Tisha Lewis Age

Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York on 28 August, 1982 and is now 42 years old as of 2024.

Tisha Lewis Height

She stands at an average height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.

Tisha Lewis Education

Lewis graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and minored in Spanish from Virginia Tech. She also studied abroad in Cuernavaca, Mexico and received her Certification in Spanish from La Universidad de Internacional.

Tisha Lewis Family

She was born in Brooklyn, New York but raised in Northern Virginia. Lewis draws her inspiration from her mother and daughter and considers them as her best friends.

Tisha Lewis Husband

Lewis tied the knot with her husband, Aaron Griffith on 10 April 2016.

Tisha Lewis Children

She is a mother to one child, a daughter Jordan Inez who turned eight on 25 August as of 2024.


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