The 2018 drone journalism forecast | Poynter
One year ago, I hoped to be able to say to you now that drone journalism took off in 2017. This year, Poynter — along with the National Press Photographers Association, The Drone Journalism Lab at the University of Nebraska and DJI — taught nearly 400 journalists how to legally and safely fly. But the never-ending flow of local and state restrictions and the slow response of the FAA to airspace waiver requests keep drones from being the daily tool they can be.
