Andrea Lewis - KPFA journalist - dies

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Andrea Lewis - KPFA journalist - dies
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer

Wednesday, November 18, 2009


Andrea Lewis had the kind of rich, deep voice that was made for radio, her vocation for the last decade of her life, or for singing, her lifelong passion.


Ms. Lewis, a program host and news anchor at KPFA-FM in Berkeley and a contributor to the Progressive magazine and other publications on the political left, died of a heart attack Sunday at her home in San Francisco. She was 52.

Ms. Lewis, a native of Detroit, came to KPFA in 1999 without radio experience, having worked as an editor for Mother Jones magazine, Pacific News Service and other Bay Area media organizations for 16 years. She was hired as co-host of the station's main public affairs program, a two-hour weekday morning show.

"She was a natural fit for radio, calm and thoughtful," said Lisa Rothman, the show's executive producer. "If someone said something she disagreed with, she would reflect and figure out how to talk about it. And she had that amazing deep, warm, compassionate voice."

Ms. Lewis took a year off in 2007-08 for a Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford, then returned as evening news co-anchor and host of a two-hour Sunday morning interview and call-in program, which she called "Sunday Sedition."

"If there were some difficult issues on race and gender that needed to be talked about, on the air or off the air, she was the one who was going to bring them up, always in a very pleasant way," said KPFA's co-news director, Aileen Alfandary.



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1. She was more than an anchor.

She got important stories into the Pacifica nightly news. She will be missed.

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2. She had a beautiful voice...

...and a thoughtful manner. She will be missed.

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3. K & R

Andrea Lewis, A Beautiful Voice
By Matthew Rothschild
November 16, 2009


The progressive movement in America has lost a beautiful voice.

Andrea Lewis, radio host at KPFA and a contributing writer for The Progressive magazine and Progressive Media Project, died this weekend of a massive heart attack. She was only 52.

She could write quickly and well on a whole range of subjects, but she was especially interested in combating racism, sexism, and homophobia.

Andrea Lewis was a woman with many talents. She sang in a S.F. choir, she knew music backwards and forwards, she read widely, she was a lifelong golfer, and she was an avid sports fan.

But beyond her accomplishments, she was just a lovely woman.

Please read the full article at:

http://www.progressive.org/wx111609.html


ANDREA LEWIS

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4. Thanks for the link. n/t