Sharon Lewis

Sharon Lewis is a Canadian television personality from Toronto. She studied political science at the University of Toronto.John McKay, "Sharon Lewis finds activism experience a plus for new role as CounterSpin host," "Western Star", Corner Brook, Newfoundland: October 6, 2001, pg. 30.] She was an actress and author in relative obscurity before being the host of "counterSpin" on CBC Television in 2001, ["Sharon Lewis calls it quits," "Packet and Times", Orillia, Ontario: June 19, 2002, pg. A.9.] and then hosted "ZeD", also for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She began her career on "counterSpin" with a special on the September 11, 2001 attacks. She called herself an "activist," saying "It's a journalist's job to activate change through information... Who isn't passionate and is in the journalist field, otherwise I don't know what would drive you?"

According to the "Toronto Star", in 2001 Lewis initially seemed "mousy and ill-informed" on "counterSpin", but survived. ["Host of counterSpin Sharon Lewis quits," "Toronto Star", June 18, 2002, pg. C.09.] A television critic also said that on "ZeD" Lewis was nicely easygoing. [Alex Strachan, "Audacious, energetic and offbeat: That's ZeD on CBC," "The Vancouver Sun", October 23, 2002, pg. B.6.FRO.] She was later replaced on "ZeD" by Ziya Tong. Lewis established the company urbansoul inc., which promotes the art of minority women. [" [http://individual.utoronto.ca/dtsang/hhlecture/bio.html Hart House Lecture 2006: Biographies] ," University of Toronto, URL accessed 13 March 2007.]

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*Sharon Lewis' [http://zed.cbc.ca/go?POS=1&user_id=3306&c=contentPage&FILTER_KEY=3950 "ZeD" biography]