Drones and VR Journalism
Drones and VR Journalism
RECENT UPDATES
Latest Gadgets: Best Drones of 2020
Journalism 360 Guide to Immersive Ethics
Created by McClatchy’s Jayson Chesler and Theresa Poulson.
NPR Ethics Handbook: Visual Journalism
The Ethics of Virtual Reality Storytelling
Post by David Cohn from 2015.
An Ethical Reality Check for Virtual Reality Journalism
Post by Tom Kent from 2015.
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DRONE JOURNALISM
Drone Journalism Lab
Run by Matt Waite at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Drone Journalism Lab Operations Manual
CJR: The New Drone Rules: What Journalists Need to Know
August 2016 article going over new FAA rules.
UNC: Drone Journalism and the Law
NPPA
Includes many resources on drone flying, including legal issues.
NPPA: Drone Journalism Ethics Code
University of Wisconsin Center for Journalism Ethics: Drone Journalism
Download a full report on how newsrooms can build trust with audiences using drone journalism.
DroneJournalism.org Resources Page
Dozens of helpful links, tools and equipment.
Drone Journalism Resources – Global Investigative Journalism Network
RCFP: Drone Journalism Begins Slow Take Off
A 2013 article about the early work in drone journalism.
RJI: Mobile Phone Apps to Help With Your Drone
Latest Gadgets: Best Drones of 2020
Video: Drone Storytelling: Changing how we capture the world
From the Reynolds Journalism Institute: Matthew Borowick shares his advice, methods and passion for drone storytelling.
Airmap.io
Global airspace intelligence. Get TFRs and more.
1800WXBrief.com
Get weather reports..
Drones and Privacy: What are My Rights?
DJI
Easy-to-fly drones and aerial photography systems, DJI quadcopters like the Phantom are the standard in consumer drone technology.
VFRMap
Use this site to study airspace classifications and restrictions for drones.
DJI: Drones on the Beat — The Future of Journalism
CJR: Drone Journalism’s Battle for Airspace
Andrea Hamm: Keeping an Eye on Drone Journalism
Dronestagram
Site for sharing drone photography.
Scientific American: Drones Capture Close Encounters Between Great White Sharks and Beachgoers
Some good drone management apps to use: DJI Go 4, KittyHawk, Airmap and DroneLogBook
VR AND 360 JOURNALISM
Stanford: VR Storytelling Guide
Jovrnalism
USC’s VR journalism projects, led by Professor Robert Hernandez.
Robert Hernandez VR Journalism Class
Syllabus for the ground-breaking course. Plenty of readings and helpful resources.
VR Tipsheet
VR journalism tips and resources from USC’s Robert Hernandez (2016 post).
ONA: Journalism 360
Partnership with ONA, Google News Initiative and the Knight Foundation. It’s a global network of storytellers accelerating the understanding and production of immersive journalism. Their mission is to help news organizations, journalists, technologists, content creators and journalism educators experiment with all forms of immersive storytelling, including but not limited to 360 video, augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality.
ONA Journalism 360 Guide to Immersive Ethics
Created by McClatchy’s Jayson Chesler and Theresa Poulson.
ONA Journalism 360: A Guide to Photogrammetry Photography
ONA Journalism 360: A Guide to AR and XR in Journalism
ONA Ethics: Virtual Reality Journalism
PBS Frontline: Guide to VR Journalism Best Practices
Booz Allen Hamilton: Guide to Immersive Technology
A beginner’s guide to AR. Approach is from a marketing perspective but has some helpful resources for journalists. Download the guide for free.
Immersive Journalism
A look at 3D and immersive storytelling. Put the reader in control of the story. Some interesting concepts on this site.
Associated Press Guide to Augmented Reality Journalism
AP: Guide for Journalists in a World of Immersive 3-D Content
Frontiers: Ethics Guidelines in Immersive Journalism
NPR Ethics Handbook: Visual Journalism
The Ethics of Virtual Reality Storytelling
Post by David Cohn from 2015.
An Ethical Reality Check for Virtual Reality Journalism
Post by Tom Kent from 2015.
V/R Today: 15 Great Examples of VR Journalism and 360 Reporting
How to Use Orbix 360 to Create 360-Degree Images
Guri
GuriVR is a free, open source project created to allow anyone to make Virtual Reality experiences with the lowest possible learning curve. Guri provides a quick and easy online editor that creates virtual reality from your words. Guri even makes it possible to create a 360 panorama that works in the browser and with headsets like the Google Cardboard in seconds – just tweet a 360 panorama with a mention to @guri_vr.
Haptical
Real news on virtual reality journalism.
Virtual Journalism: Immersive Approaches Pose New Questions
From the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
New Report: Virtual Journalism
From the Tow Center at Columbia University.
ONA 2016 Session Notes and Materials
How to Make a VR Data Visualization
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