Shannon Ayala

About Shannon Ayala

I\'m a New York-based journalist involved in television, video and writing. I focus on…

Experience

1. Producer

   Cuny Tv

   Jan 2014 — Present · New York, NY, US

   For more than a decade at CUNY TV I\'ve produced both studio and magazine shows. I produced segments for WNYC Radio journalist Brian Lehrer, who hosted weekly programs in our studio. I produced many lead segments for DiverseCITY, a series that probed into New York City neighborhoods. I produced packages that aimed to explain policy debates surrounding housing and city planning issues across the boroughs. At CUNY TV, I\'m a comprehensive producer (I book guests and shoots, research pieces, write scripts, record voice-over narration, edit on Premiere Pro and work with master editors and sometimes others on graphics, etc).Some notable stuff: • The Shades of U.S. episode, Seeing Yourself in Books, including my segments with Emily Raboteau was nominated for a N.Y. Emmy.• I conceived the idea and led production on the Shades of U.S. episode, Neither Here Nor There: the Indo-Caribbean Diaspora, which ranks among the top 50 of the most popular CUNY TV videos on YouTube out of videos.

Education

• School of Visual Arts

  Film/Cinema/Video Studies

  2005 — 2006

• City University of New York City College

  BA

  2006 — 2010

• CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

  Master's degree

  2012 — 2013

Skills

• Writing
• Editing
• Creative Writing
• Environmental Issues
• Copy Editing
• Journalism
• Blogging
• Research
• Social Networking
• Multimedia
• Books
• Real Estate Journalism
• Broadcast
• Online Journalism
• Public Speaking
• Blogger
• Short Stories
• Social Media
• Final Cut Pro
• Broadcast Journalism
• Editorial
• Local History
• Radio
• Politics
• Proofreading
• Wordpress