Red Sox Foundation executive director ready to "feel the magic" of PMC
Bekah Salwasser will have a completely new perspective of the Pan-Mass Challenge this year.
Award-winning journalist Lisa Hughes is a news anchor for WBZ-TV News weekdays at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. She joined the station in June 2000 after working as a correspondent for CBS Newspath, the CBS-TV Station Group's satellite news service. She was based in Washington, D.C.
Lisa has covered just about every major news event in New England, and she has had the pleasure of interviewing many of the area's newsmakers.
Among her many honors, Lisa received both a 2014 Columbia DuPont Award and a 2013 George Foster Peabody Award as part of WBZ-TV's team coverage of the Boston Marathon Bombings. She received an Emmy Award for Best News Anchor in 2014 and 2016, and has received both Emmy Awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award for reporting. In 2020, Lisa was named one of Boston's "100 Most Influential People" and "Best TV Personality" by Boston Magazine.
Lisa is also involved in a number of community organizations and charities. She is on the board of directors of Big Sister Boston, serves on the development board at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and volunteers her time with Project 351, Children's Hospital Boston and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester. Starting in 2011, Lisa began riding the annual Pan Mass Challenge to raise money for Dana Farber Cancer Institute. In 2002, she ran the Boston Marathon for the American Liver Foundation.
Before joining CBS, she worked as a reporter and weekend anchor at KIRO-TV in Seattle, a main anchor and reporter for KBCI-TV in Boise, Idaho, and an anchor and reporter for KCBY-TV in Coos Bay, Oregon.
Born in Moscow, Idaho, Lisa earned a degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Washington. She currently resides in Greater Boston with her husband, Mike, their daughter Riley and son Dylan.
Bekah Salwasser will have a completely new perspective of the Pan-Mass Challenge this year.
Wellesley Animal Control Officer Jenny Smith gets about 4,000 calls a year.
Bridgette Wallace is the founder of G(Code), an organization providing women and non-binary people of color ages 18-25 with an opportunity to learn tech skills.
You can see "A Strange Loop" Calderwood Pavilion in the South End through May 25th.
Yellow Tulip Project ambassadors in Plymouth Community Intermediate School are on a mission to destigmatize mental health care and people are noticing.
Mary Mazzio aims to effect social change by focusing on what connects people.
Boston's Lyric Stage Company's new production of "The Drowsy Chaperone" runs through May 12.
Reverend Laura Everett, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, believes her calling is the work of repair.
"A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" is on stage at The Company Theatre until March 30.
A loyal WBZ viewer surprised the state's oldest resident with a priceless birthday gift from former President Barack Obama.
Olivia Zhang wasn't alive when Princess Diana died, but the 18-year-old draws inspiration from Diana's legacy of service.
At a time when many chefs with Jody Adams' longevity are scaling back or retiring, she is diving into a new adventure.
Victor Oliveira is helping people who are largely ignored by others because he's been through their struggle.
With thousands of Haitian people moving into Massachusetts and migrant shelters filling up, Dr. Ridiane Denis felt compelled to help.
Michael Blakely says producing the ball gives him hope as it celebrates the community's strength, resilience, and positivity.