Developing drones for journalism

Name: Developing drones for journalism
Uploaded: 2013-10-20T20:19:40Z
Duration: 2 min 19 s
Description: The University of Nebraska has begun to look at how drones could give birth to a new kind of journalism.

The University of Nebraska has begun to look at how drones could give birth to a new kind of journalism.

Three types of small test drones are shown at the U.S. Air Force Micro Air Vehicles lab of the Air Force Research Laboratory, at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio July

For years, drones have been used in warzones; and journalists have used helicopters for breaking news.

Now university researchers are combining the two.

Al Jazeera’s John Hendren reports from Nebraska.

Source: Al Jazeera