Quote: Drone photography and videography has exploded in the last year, thanks to a confluence of affordable flying quadcopters and similar devices, alongside light and high quality cameras to load on them. But thanks to their small size, maneuverability, and increasingly low price, they're offering journalists a view rarely seen before - and it's popular enough that journalism schools are beginning to pay attention. According to a report in the New York Times, journalism schools have started teaching students how to use aerial drones. They cite the University of Missouri and the University of Nebraska, and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University as offering drone journalism classes, with Missouri actually teaching hands on skills. Meanwhile, there are a host of other issues associated with the proliferation of drones ... Continued: Journalism Schools Start to Offer Drone Photography Classes ~w00d ...
