Gave a short presentation at the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) on 26th October on drone journalism, as part of the excellent OneSriLanka Journalism Fellowship programme, supported by Internews.

1. Drone journalism: Where to now?
Sanjana Hattotuwa
Founding Editor, groundviews.org
TED Fellow

2. How we got here
The rise in consumer unmanned aerial vehicles

3. Drones in warfare

5. UN DPKO drones in the DRC Drones for peacekeeping

6. Facebook’s Aquila UAV 137ft wingspan, designed to fly above
60,000ft for more than three months

7. Google’s Project Wing Delivery of medical equipment

10. Drones for sale in Sri Lanka
Little to no awareness around ethics, rights, safety

12. CAA implementing standards for drone flights
http://www.caa.lk/images/stories/pdf/implementing_standards/sn053.pdf

13. Registering drones with CAASL
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/160828/news/uav-drone-operators-urged-to-register-with-civil-aviation-authority-206625.html

14. First drone journalism workshop
http://internews.org/our-stories/project-updates/from-weddings-journalism-using-drones-report-critical-issues-sri-lanka

15. Wildlife Department ahead of CAASL
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2014/03/02/no-clearance-from-caa-for-uav/

16. Wildlife Department ahead of CAASL
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2014/03/02/no-clearance-from-caa-for-uav/
The Wildlife Department has not obtained the approval of the Defence Ministry or
the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for the deployment of an Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle (UAV) to report on illegal activities taking place within the wild life parks.
However given the circumstances we do not have an approval process either in
place for such a situation. But had the Wildlife Department made such a request
we could have assisted them in the process.

17. Wildlife Department ahead of CAASL
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2014/03/02/no-clearance-from-caa-for-uav/
The Wildlife Department introduced the UAV to report on illegal activities inside
the Uda Walawe National Park recently.
However Wildlife Resources Minister Vijith Vijithamuni Soyza had claimed that the
UAV had disappeared, subsequent to being deployed on the 22nd of February.
The Minister further stated that in investigation is underway to locate the missing
UAV.

18. Newsworthiness
The investigation must be of sufficient
journalistic importance to risk using a potentially
harmful aerial vehicle. Do not use a drone if the
information can be gathered by other, safer
means.

20. Examples of drone journalism
From Sri Lanka and internationally

21. NYT on China’s expanding desert Good journalism with drone perspectives

22. Mahinda Rajapaksa in Aranayake Victim centric? Ethics?

23. Salawa Camp explosion Victim centric? Ethics?

24. ‘View from Above’, showcasing a region Campaign run by Emirates and Boeing

27. Thank you!
sanjanah@gmail.com