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From The #WTF Files: Journos Using Drones For Story Fodder [#geekgirl]

Drone Journalism

[Via dronejournalismlab]

“The Missouri program also uses science stories to demonstrate the capabilities of drone journalism. Students from the Drone Journalism Program, which just launched earlier in February, are planning to use UAVs to cover prairie burns–controlled fires set by government authorities to preserve and maintain prairie lands.

“In an attempt to use drones in new and emerging ways, [our] program is hoping to use several drones to capture aerial video footage of the prairie burn while it is in progress and utilize that footage as part of a multimedia story about prairie burns in mid-Missouri,” said student Robert Partyka. Information gathered from the UAV project will then be used in a future story by their local NPR affiliate.” [From Drones Go To Journalism School]

Prairie Burn Explanation from Robert Partyka on Vimeo.