Why I Ride is the closing segment of WBZ Boston's Pan‑Mass Challenge program — a three‑minute short built to send the show off on its strongest note. The Pan‑Mass Challenge is the annual Massachusetts bike‑a‑thon that raises more for charity than any other single athletic event in the country, with every rider dollar going to cancer research and care at the Dana‑Farber Cancer Institute. This piece puts faces to that mission: three cancer survivors, each with their own reason for getting on the bike.
WBZ brought me on to edit the segment. Working from three survivor interviews and a deep archive of personal photos, I built a fast, heartfelt three‑minute short that braids their stories into one — finding the throughline across three very different journeys and letting the photos carry the emotion between soundbites. The goal was a piece that closes the program on a lift, not a lull.
Editing a story like this one is mostly listening: pulling the honest moments out of long interviews, protecting them, and giving each survivor room to land. It airs in August 2026, and this page will grow with the finished cut once it does.
From broadcast segments to full documentaries, I cut interview‑driven stories that make people feel something — for networks, nonprofits, and brands across New England and New York.
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