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It’s not clear who was more excited about the announcement from the FAA Monday that the agency was granting approval to retail giant Amazon to operate as an air carrier with a fleet of drone delivery vehicles: online shopping addicts or drone nerds. -
The Part 107 rules for unmanned aircraft require pilots flying drones to renew their certification every two years. But COVID-19 has forced the closing of the private contractor centers where drone pilots can go for testing and renewal. -
The coronavirus pandemic has newsrooms across the country and the world scrambling to deliver vital information, but newsroom drone pilots may feel a little left out of the action as this story has put people indoors, carrying the story there with them. -
RJI’s Director of Aerial Journalism Stacey Woelfel drafted a comment that explains the concerns journalists have over the potential for law enforcement to monitor drone-based newsgathering activity and suggested an alternative. -
Following two delays in 2019, the FAA finally published its tentative plan to require identification for drones. These drone “license plates” will provide identification information about all drones in the air at any given time. -
Countless drone journalists cut their flying teeth on one of the sturdy Phantom models from DJI. Many lamented its departure from the product line last year as maker DJI officially discontinued the popular Phantom 4 and listed its Phantom 4 Pro permanently -
We all know that drones that get wet don’t fly—at least so we thought. But a number of manufacturers at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) are teaching drone pilots a lesson about just how wet a drone can get. -
As another year ends, the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute reflects on some of its accomplishments and lessons learned with a mission of helping journalism survive and thrive. -
Stacey Woelfel, a professor at the Missouri School of Journalism and the director of the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism, will be adding some new oversight duties to his portfolio as RJI’s new Director of Aerial Journalism. -
Journalists can learn how to shoot better footage and tell better stories with drones right from their offices with the help of a new online workshop series produced by Poynter and co-taught by Judd Slivka, RJI director of aerial journalism.
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