Crystal Wimberly
Video Editor/Media Coordinator
Crystal Wimberly
Skills & Expertise
Atlanta News First, Video Editor
Edit focus on special project packages and daily cold opens as well as daily news editing for evening and nighttime news broadcasts.
Handle VFX, color correcting, graphic build, and audio mixing.
Teamwork with producers, reporters, photogs, and editors to create the most impactful end product.
WJLA ABC7, Production Coordinator/Video Editor
Daily news editing for evening and nighttime news broadcasts. Deliver advanced packages and cold opens with VFX, color correction, and audio mixing. Handling video requests for reporters, other stations, and outside networks. Ingesting media files and troubleshooting import/export failures.
Oversaw the news editing department for WJLA and secondary channels for afternoon and evening broadcasts, specials, and entertainment shows. Supervised and executed media ingest. Handled internal video requests from producers and reporters, as well as external requests from Politico, CNN Newsource, ABC NewsOne, and all SBG stations. Maintained and organized station archives.
Heed Magazine, Managing Editor
Oversaw content for Heed Magazine print edition as well as supervising the online zine. Primary editor, proofreader, and researcher for a small staff of 12 writers. Found and developed new talent. Wrote articles, arranged and performed interviews with celebrities and independent notables. Worked with agencies and marketing companies to arrange coverage and profiles.
WSLS 10 News, Video Editor
Daily news editing for evening and nighttime broadcasts. Experience in both tape-to-tape and non-linear editing for packages and vosots. Archived media both on analog and digital.
Awards
Capital Emmys 2015: Winner, Best News Special - “The Untold Stories of Flight 514”
Capital Emmys 2018: Editor for Winner, Chesapeake Heritage - News Feature - "The Long Road Home"
Capital Emmys 2020: Winner, Breaking or Spot News - “A City Awash in Outrage”
“Hushed”, 2010: Assistant director for award winning short film screened nationally and internationally, most notably at the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner
Additional Experience
Camera Operator, Livestream Video: Virgin Mobile Freefest 2012 — XI Media Productions
Assistant Director/Script Supervisor: “Hushed” short film — Two Man Island Productions
Screened nationally and internationally, most notably at the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner and the Deep Fried Film Festival in Scotland
