Thomas Weybrecht: From Newsroom to Bike Advocate

Tell us a bit about yourself and this room you're standing in right now.

Thomas Weybrecht (TW): This is the production control room at Spectrum News in Raleigh, North Carolina. I'm a news producer here, and I love what I do. It’s a unique position that lets me communicate the things I care about and hopefully make a difference by putting them on broadcast.

That's what you do for a living, but what's your story? Where are you from?

TW: I grew up outside of Wilmington, North Carolina, in Leland. It’s a beautiful historic area near the coast, but growing up in Leland had its challenges. A lot of my friends were in Wilmington, and without a driver’s license until I was 18, I didn’t have many ways to access all the things I loved about the city. Leland was fine, but it wasn’t as lively, and you could feel that disconnect when you couldn’t get somewhere easily.

You picked up biking as an adult in college, right?