We have rescheduled the January Academy workshop on Making the Most of Your Visuals that got postponed when our broadcast coach, Wonbo Woo, was sent to Haiti on assignment for ABC News.

The new date and time are Wednesday, March 3 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. in Room 442.

This workshop is open to students and alumni. If you’re interested in attending, please send an email to Director of Academic Operations Amy Dunkin at amy.dunkin@journalism.cuny.edu.

Making the Most of Your Visuals – Wonbo Woo
There’s a reason pieces about animals and kids do well on TV; they’re fun to look at. But in the news business, we have to cover all sorts of stories, about business and polls and politics – stories that don’t come with obvious visual appeal. Whether you’re pitching a story, gathering elements, planning graphics, writing a script, or editing a spot, you should always be thinking about the visuals in your piece. In this workshop, we’ll look at examples of great, visual storytelling, talk about editing and writing techniques to get the most out of the video you have, and go over the basics of building strong graphics. Students are encouraged to bring examples of pieces they’ve worked on to share in class. Wonbo Woo is a producer for ABC News and a broadcast coach at the CUNY J-School.