Visual Reporting: The Power of Comics and Illustration in Journalism

Explore the history of your surroundings with artist and journalist Medar de la Cruz with the goal of presenting what you have discovered through visual and written form combined. Each workshop will incorporate library resources and archives, focusing on one specific aspect of journalism and research. Participants will learn how to find reference material using BPL's physical and digital resources, as well as explore simple approaches to representing information in visual form. Explore topics that you feel most connected to and express yourself in ways that can be shared with others regardless of cultural differences.

Additional workshop: Thursday, May 22

Medar de la Cruz is a Dominican-American cartoonist based in Brooklyn. A graduate of Art Center College of Design, he has illustrated for The New York Times and The New Yorker. He volunteers, providing book cart services at Rikers Island, and is a Pulitzer Prize winner for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary.

This event has been rescheduled for Tuesday, June 17. Hope to see you then!