Drones and journalism: an example of the future from Bangkok
Via Benedict Evans comes this example of a drone being used to film riots in Bangkok:
Of course the media already has access to helicopters, but they are expensive and the ease of getting a helicopter in the right place varies hugely depending on where a story is happening. Covering a London traffic jam is far easier than a Central African Republic human rights disaster.
The Arab Spring showed how the easy availability of footage can make a huge difference to how events play out. The availability of drones takes it one step further, both as the perspective from the air is often more revealing and dramatic and also because sending in drones is safer than sending in journalists.
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