Post by Onyango Oloo on May 22, 2015 22:09:42 GMT 3
Appetizer:
Drone technology is evolving faster than laws and policies governing it, and it’s illegal for journalists to fly drones for commercial use in the U.S. and many African countries, but one Kenyan pioneer did something to speed up the process.
Dickens Olewe started a company, AfricanSkyCam, with the goal of establishing drone journalism teams in Africa and revolutionizing frontline reporting using drones. The project is experimenting with mass-produced drones and camera-equipped balloons for aerial imaging, digital mapping. and sensor journalism, according to his website.
African SkyCAM was among 20 projects selected for funding in the inaugural African News Innovation Challenge, according to the company website.
Dickens was the digital content manager at the Star Newspaper in Nairobi, Kenya before he was offered a 2014-2015 Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University.
Now he’s working on developing best-practice guidelines to encourage responsible and safe use of drones in journalism.
“Kenya, Uganda and Morocco have banned civilians from using drones,” Dickens said in the video. “I intend to bring this conversation to Africa.”
FULL COURSE:
afkinsider.com/96683/securing-the-future-of-drones-for-journalism-commercial-use-in-africa/?utm_source=AFKInsider+Newsletter&utm_campaign=1391b20ce0-AFKInsider_Newsletter_5_21_20155_21_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0aff70cb26-1391b20ce0-148945305
Drone technology is evolving faster than laws and policies governing it, and it’s illegal for journalists to fly drones for commercial use in the U.S. and many African countries, but one Kenyan pioneer did something to speed up the process.
Dickens Olewe started a company, AfricanSkyCam, with the goal of establishing drone journalism teams in Africa and revolutionizing frontline reporting using drones. The project is experimenting with mass-produced drones and camera-equipped balloons for aerial imaging, digital mapping. and sensor journalism, according to his website.
African SkyCAM was among 20 projects selected for funding in the inaugural African News Innovation Challenge, according to the company website.
Dickens was the digital content manager at the Star Newspaper in Nairobi, Kenya before he was offered a 2014-2015 Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University.
Now he’s working on developing best-practice guidelines to encourage responsible and safe use of drones in journalism.
“Kenya, Uganda and Morocco have banned civilians from using drones,” Dickens said in the video. “I intend to bring this conversation to Africa.”
FULL COURSE:
afkinsider.com/96683/securing-the-future-of-drones-for-journalism-commercial-use-in-africa/?utm_source=AFKInsider+Newsletter&utm_campaign=1391b20ce0-AFKInsider_Newsletter_5_21_20155_21_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0aff70cb26-1391b20ce0-148945305