Welcome to the Home of the Professional Society of Drone Journalists (PSDJ).
If you are a journalist (broadcast, print, interactive), journalism student/
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PSJD is dedicated to establishing the ethical, educational and
technological framework for the emerging field of drone journalism.
Developing and communicating small unmanned aerial systems
(sUAS) use for journalists and the best practices to deploy them for
a variety of reporting; investigative, sports, local, disaster, weather,
environmental reporting.
Ball State to introduce seminar on digital storytelling with UASNow is a great time to be a Ball State student who's interested in getting hands-on experience with a "drone." A new course featuring unmanned aircraft systems will be introduced at Ball State University in Fall 2013, with an emphasis on how the device can be used to enhance digital storytelling.According to an email from Ball State's Tim Underhill, the course will include discussion on legal and ethical issues and aesthetic best practices.The seminar is particularly notable because while it is categorized as a telecommunications course, professor Tim Pollard (pictured) is inviting graduate students from any discipline. Part of the discussion will include applications in non-media sectors, such as agriculture and resource management. Basic ...
Posted by Matthew Schroyer
Drone cinematography is creating a new visual styleJohn Hermann, writing for BuzzFeed, has taken some of the most intriguing videos ever shot by small, unmanned aircraft and has assembled them into one post.What he stumbles upon is that the swooping, zooming, and drifting capabilities of these aircraft are making for a cinematic experience that was hitherto unobtainable."Some of these shots could have been taken with a helicopter, albeit at
much greater expense," Hermann writes. "Many, though, are either too close to the ground,
taken in tight spaces, or filmed indoors."Number 7, by Canadian-based firm SkyMotion Video is my favorite on this list. There's even more eye candy on their website, including some skillful deployment during a Canadian NASCAR event, where the UAS ...
Posted May 14, 2013, 11:34 AM by Matthew Schroyer
Station GM, RMIT tech services manager, network engineer join DroneJournalism.orgI'm pleased to announce the roster at DroneJournalism.org continues to grow. We now have 31 members in 6 countries. The latest additions include a broadcast engineer, a station general manager, and a technical services manager for an Australian university who has 20 years experience in the news industry.Below are the details of these individuals. The journalists and developers section will be updated to include their information.David Beesly is the Technical Services Manager with the School of Media & Communication at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. The School encompasses programs including journalism, advertising, film & TV production etc. In addition, David is an award winning documentary film maker, and has been working in the media industry for over 20 ...
Posted May 10, 2013, 10:42 AM by Matthew Schroyer
Drone photographer Mark Levin warns about relying on GPSFor a while now, I've been meaning to write about the work of Mark Levin, a 30-year veteran of photojournalism. Fifteen years of that time was spent with the Philadelphia Inquirer, as an imaging specialist, equipment manager, systems editor and more. He was instrumental in transitioning the paper to the digital era.As a younger man, Levin raced cars and flew model airplanes. In an email, he wrote that he gets a kick out of pushing equipment to its limits. That's exactly what he did with his first multirotor -- an AR Drone 2.0 -- when he overloaded it with a heavier camera."A deer probably ate it by now," he said.Currently he's piloting a DJI ...
Posted May 9, 2013, 1:13 PM by Matthew Schroyer
Quadrotor saved from Lady JusticeEveryone can now relax. The multirotor lodged in the statue atop the Marion County Courthouse in Ohio has been freed.For little over a week, video producer Terry Cline had been trying to retrieve his DJI Phantom quadrotor from the clutches of the Lady Justice statute atop the courthouse. While piloting his aircraft for a pro bono project to promote the the town, the quadrotor drifted into the statue.According to the Marion Star, a pair of local contractors were able to snag the drone with an extension pole.County Commissioners were unsympathetic to Cline's plight, and declined to dispatch resources. The local paper reported getting letters "from coast to coast" with ideas for freeing the small aircraft.The ...
Posted May 7, 2013, 11:11 AM by Matthew Schroyer
