Tom Lewis anchors the morning and noon news on Western Mass News at WGGB-TV ABC/FOX 40 and WSHM-LD CBS 3 in Springfield, MA.
Tom has covered some of the biggest breaking news stories in the area since arriving to Western Mass News in August of 2012. He's been a staple of New England television since 1997 and has reported and anchored at New England Cable News in Boston, and at WPRI-TV in Providence. He's also spent time anchoring and reporting at three of the television stations in Hartford, WVIT-TV, WTNH-TV and WTIC-TV. Tom has hosted talk shows in Nashville and Dallas, and prior to working in television worked in various radio gigs.
Tom is a native of Rockford, Illinois, and in his free time, he enjoys sports, movies and finding new places for dining adventures.
1. What kind of phone do you have, and what are your favorite apps?
iPhone 5s. Fave apps: ESPN, Pandora, Twitter
2. Favorite and least favorite news topics to cover (besides violent crime)?
Fave stories to cover: Reunions between military members and their families.
Least: Town meetings
3. If you weren't working in TV news, what would you be doing?
Day trading stocks
4. What was your favorite cartoon growing up?
Flintstones
5. When you have 30 minutes of free-time, how do you pass the time?
Watching sports on TV
6. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go and why?
Las Vegas. Never dull and great people watching
7. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
My Dad and Mom
8. Do you collect anything?
Baseball cards
9. What are the top 3 played songs on your iPod?
"White Light"-George Michael "Keep and eye on summer"-Brian Wilson "Pink Houses"-John Mellencamp
10. What is one of your favorite quotes?
Investing quote: "Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful"
11. What was the last experience that made you a stronger person?
Being away from the news business for a year
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