Abstract
Nowadays, news coverage implies the existence of video footage and sound, from which arises the need for fast reflexes by media organizations. Social media and mobile journalists assist in fulfilling this requirement, but quick on-site presence is not always feasible. In the past few years, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), and specifically drones, have evolved to accessible recreational and business tools. Drones could help journalists and news organizations capture and share breaking news stories. Media corporations and individual professionals are waiting for the appropriate flight regulation and data handling framework to enable their usage to become widespread. Drone journalism services upgrade the usage of drones in day-to-day news reporting operations, offering multiple benefits. This paper proposes a system for operating an individual drone or a set of drones, aiming to mediate real-time breaking news coverage. Apart from the definition of the system requirements and the architecture design of the whole system, the current work focuses on data retrieval and the semantics preprocessing framework that will be the basis of the final implementation. The ultimate goal of this project is to implement a whole system that will utilize data retrieved from news media organizations, social media, and mobile journalists to provide alerts, geolocation inference, and flight planning.
Highlights
When it comes to event and breaking news coverage, textual representation can be supplemented with live audio–visual (AV) footage to ensure objective and reliable news reporting
The majority of the participants expressed their interest in the mediated breaking news experience that is aimed to be achieved within the current project, as thoroughly analyzed below
Drones are very useful in hostile or hazardous environments where the human approach is considered dangerous and unsafe or when ground coverage is not feasible; there is the “disposable drone scenario”, where it is expected that Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) might not return to the land zone
Summary
When it comes to event and breaking news coverage, textual representation can be supplemented with live audio–visual (AV) footage to ensure objective and reliable news reporting. While citizen and mobile journalists can offer real-time coverage through social media and User-Generated Content (UGC), they are not always capable of providing quality footage or even accessing the location of interest. Drones can be used to access areas that journalists would prefer not to visit while collecting high-quality AV content using their constantly improving (camera/microphone) equipment. Their relatively small size allows their fast and effective deployment in many cases
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