Dana Lewis

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Dana Lewis is a Canadian foreign correspondent for the Fox News Channel.

Currently based in Moscow, Russia, Lewis has covered a number of stories for the news channel, including the current war in the Middle East, the hotel suicide bombings in Amman, Jordan, and updates following the London terrorist attacks. In 2003 Lewis was an embedded reporter with the 101st Airborne in Iraq; he was also embedded with U.S. forces along the Pakistan border and in Helmand Province.

[edit] History

Lewis was born in Toronto, Canada. He attended York University and the Fanshawe College Broadcast Journalism program.

Prior to joining FNC, Lewis worked for a number of different news programs and networks, including NBC Nightly News, CTV News Canada, CBC News Canada, and was a crime reporter for CFTR/CHFI Radio in Toronto.

During the 1990s, Lewis was the Jerusalem-based Middle East bureau chief/correspondent for CTV. While working for NBC he came under fire while in a car in Ramallah during the Israeli siege of Yasser Arafat's compound, and narrowly escaped injury. He also covered the invasion of Somalia by U.S. forces, and the first Gulf War.

He was embedded with the 101st Airborne Division during the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Lewis was one of the first reporters to enter Afghanistan after September 11th and has been embedded with the 82nd Airborne and 10th Mountain division in Afghanistan.

Dana Lewis has an Emmy nomination for a story on Russian orphans, and the prestigious Overseas Press Club award for War in Kosovo. He also holds various RTNDA awards.

He is featured in Robin Moore's (French Connection) new book THE CAPTURE OF SADDAM.

Lewis has interviewed President Putin and is currently one of the longest serving western reporters to be based in Russia. (10years)

[edit] Awards

Lewis has earned recognition for a number of different stories he has covered in his career, including Overseas Press Club awards for his coverage of the war in Kosovo and the Kursk submarine disaster in Russia. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for coverage of Russian Orphans, and has also received various RTNDA awards for spot news coverage.