{"id":1656,"date":"2021-05-28T17:29:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T17:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/?page_id=1656"},"modified":"2023-04-04T13:18:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T13:18:21","slug":"drone-journalism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/drone-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In order to fly drones professionally,<\/strong> journalists and videographers need an FAA license.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not too difficult and it&#8217;s free (now) to apply for one. Here is more information from the FAA for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/uas\/commercial_operators\/become_a_drone_pilot\/\"> Section 107 drone license.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Use of drones in journalism was pioneered at the University of Nebraska <a href=\"https:\/\/mediahub.unl.edu\/media\/11122\">Drone Journalism Lab.\u00a0 <\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0but is now fairly standard.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hu1IBQrd_OE\" width=\"480\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Study materials available online:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/training_testing\/testing\/acs\/media\/uas_acs.pdf\">Airman Certification Standards (ACS) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems<\/a>\u00a0(PDF), the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/sites\/faa.gov\/files\/regulations_policies\/handbooks_manuals\/aviation\/remote_pilot_study_guide.pdf\">Remote Pilot Study Guide<\/a>\u00a0(PDF), and the online\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/training_testing\/testing\/test_questions\/media\/uag_questions.pdf\">sample questions<\/a>\u00a0(PDF) before taking the Knowledge Test.<\/p>\n<p>An overview of sectional charts<a href=\"https:\/\/pilotinstitute.com\/sectional-chart\/\"> is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0Drone flying is legally restricted, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/roanoke.com\/news\/crime\/after-drone-dive-bombs-salem-police-and-firefighters-man-faces-federal-charge\/article_0ba3a3bc-926c-11eb-91e6-e32a12920676.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1\">charges can result from irresponsible drone use and for interfering with police and emergency services<\/a><span style=\"color: #444444;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Drones are used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/local\/girl-scout-cookies-take-flight-in-virginia-drone-deliveries\/2654438\/\">deliver Girl Scout cookies in Christiansburg<\/a> and by journalists to survey damage from mining in Appalachia (video below).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to fly drones professionally, journalists and videographers need an FAA license.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not too difficult and it&#8217;s free (now) to apply for one. Here is more information from the FAA for the\u00a0 Section 107 drone license. Use of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/drone-journalism\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1656","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1656"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2119,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1656\/revisions\/2119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}