Posts in Drones
Keeping Reporters Safe: The Ethics of Drone Journalism in a Humanitarian Crisis

Chapter by Turo Uskali and Epp Lauk. Drones have been used for news reporting since 2011. This chapter analyzes several cases of drone journalism in crisis reporting and refers to ethical guidelines for good drone reporting in humanitarian crisis reporting.

Uskali, Turo and Epp Lauk. 2017. “Keeping Reporters Safe: The Ethics of Drone Journalism in Humantarian Crisis”. In Andersen, Robin and Purnaka L. de Silvia (eds) The Routledge Companion To Media and Humanitarian Action. Abingdon, Routledge Handbooks Online. DOI: 10.4324/9781315538129.ch39

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Virtual Reality Prototyping in Journalism: How to Best Collaborate With Agile Methods

In the Virjox projects, journalism scholars, human-computer interaction and computer scientists and media company developers innovate together to figure out how to create the best immersive journalism and other media products. Turo Uskali, Heli Väätäjä and Esa Sirkkunen offer insights into the project.

Uskali, Turo; Esa Sirkkunen and Heli Väätäjä. 2017. “Virtual Reality Prototyping in Journalism: How to Best Collaborate With Agile Methods” Nordicom Information 39 (1): 28-31.

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Drone Journalism: How to Use Remotely Piloted Camera Drones For Journalism

A report by Epp Lauk, Turo Uskali, and Heikki Kuutti that describes and analyzes the results of the research project called “DroneJournalism: Utilizing Remotely Piloted Aircrafts (RPA) in Journalistic Purposes”. It is a project that seeks to clarify problems and possibilities of utilizing camera drones for journalistic purposes. In Finnish language.

Lauk, Epp., Turo Uskali and Heikki Kuutti. 2016. “DroneJournalism: Utilizing Remotely Piloted Aircrafts (RPA) in Journalistic Purposes”.

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Drone Journalism: The Newest Global Test of Press Freedom

Chapter by Epp Lauk, Turo Uskali, Heikki Kuutti, and Helena Hirvinen. Camera drones are being used increasingly in journalism. This chapter argues that using camera drones for journalistic purposes is the newest global test for press freedom globally.

Lauk, Epp., Turo Uskali, Heikki Kuutti, and Helena Hirvinen. 2016. “Drone Journalism: The Newest Global Test of Press Freedom”. In Carlsson, Ulla (eds) Freedom of Expression and Media in Transition: Studies and Reflections in the Digital Age, pp: 117-125.

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