The partnership between the news media coalition
and Virginia Tech is designed to conduct
controlled safety testing of a series of
real-life scenarios where the news media could
use small UAS technology to gather the news.
The coalition participating in the testing is
comprised of the following media companies:
Advance Publications, Inc.; A.H. Belo Corp.; The
Associated Press; Gannett Co., Inc.; Getty
Images (US), Inc.; NBCUniversal; The New York
Times Company; The E.W. Scripps Company;
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.; and The
Washington Post.
"The AP is excited to join with these other
leading media companies in exploring the safe
and responsible use of drone technology for
newsgathering purposes that further our
understanding of current events," AP Director of
Photography Santiago Lyon said.
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