Basic Shooting Tips for Video Journalists

The basics of shooting video for news and journalistic-style stories are not difficult but they aren't necessarily intuitive. It is important to master the basics so the technical part of acquiring video and sound doesn't get in the way of telling a good story. 

Here is a link to a great resource of tips to help you better understand the basic video techniques for shooting for news and journalism. 

Tutorial: Video Techniques

By Paul Grabowicz, Ellen Seidler, Pamela Reynolds

UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

https://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/shooting_tips/