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10 Golden Rules for Video Journalists 3

At yesterday’s “Creating Video Narratives” workshop at Beyond Bootcamp, Washington Post video journalist Travis Fox shared his 10 guidelines for making video reports.

Golden Rule 10: Get “X-roll.” X-roll is when you get your interviewee’s money quotes in their natural environment.

Golden Rule 9: Shoot within 180 degrees around a subject. In other words, don’t walk around [...]