Video of the Day: Long Term Parking

Posted September 21, 2016
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The New York Times video is known for doing great in-depth work in video journalism.  Today we see a story from them about a long term parking lot near LAX where many airport and airline employees live.  This is the kind of video we strive for here on the site.  It is shot beautifully, there are strong characters, and the access the VJ is able to get here is astonishing.

 


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