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# droneJournalisme
Drone’s boom : 2012-2013
• Since the early 90s, the civil drone is used in cinema but only the military
function was noticeablebecause of its complexity and its cost
• Since 2 years, the coming up of drones « key in hand » revolutionned the
access to a technology and in the same time opened the way to a new
democratisation of the drone’s use.
• In 2012, The first significant experiments about civil uses of drones took
place: counting elephants, watching fire, recording events…
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Our experiment
• L’Express’s Lab is elaborating
innovative projects for the Group’s
brands on all devices.
• Working on subjects between
technology and journalism is in our
DNA.
• End of 2012 and in a pragmatic way,
we’ve decided to lead this experiment
to build ourselves an opinion.
• We’ve lend drones to 5 experimenters
with different profiles, for 3 months.
Aims : Examine what each of these
experimenters will do with this new
tool within everyone’s reach
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Many unexpected discussions
• Discussions about tools and videos
• Discussions about private life (a lot)
• Discussions about journalism
• Discussions about discussions
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The Drone, a piloting matter
• Piloting is the drone journalism’s keystone.
• It needs hours of practice, a propitious weather and a good
anticipation of battery’s capacity.
• It’s exposed to many technical difficulties (vibrations,
picture’s stability and safety…)
• However these difficulties are to shade according to the
drone’s type!
Eole’s conclusionsEole’s conclusions
PhotographerPhotographer
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Towards an activist drone?
• « The important thing, with a drone, is to wear good shoes»
• Gives good spotting ans zones tracking
• Limited with wind, but overhead views bring an large
eyesightmais of a protest march.
• Without necessary counting, it gives a concrete idea of a mass
• For piloting, smartphones are more convenient than tablets
Loïc saint Jalmes’s conclusionsLoïc saint Jalmes’s conclusions
Entrepreneur and activistEntrepreneur and activist
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Drone and heritage
• The drone inside gives a redefinition and an
increase of frescos, castles, ceilings…
• Film in motion is more dynamic and brings a best
added value than static photos took from a
scaffolding
• A great perception of unknown details
• « the drone is an answer for the future »
PPC’s conclusionsPPC’s conclusions
InnovatorInnovator
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• A lot of questions : real journalistic and editorial
interests? Do I want one in my studio?
• There isn’t a real journalistic way that came up
• He’s wondering the function but showed the real
tool’s and a need of a better recording quality.
Dronalist*, a new job ?
Benjamin Turquier’s conclusionsBenjamin Turquier’s conclusions
Head of video hub of Express Roulart GroupHead of video hub of Express Roulart Group
* Le dictionnaire du futur http://www.dicodufutur.org/
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Conclusion
• We have published about fifteen articles on
our blog and our experimenters shared many
recordings
• Our experiment has been took over by many
medias (Le monde, Rfi, France Info, Télérama,
AFP, etc..), helped colleagues questionning
themselves and made react different kinds of
professions.
• Our empirical approach shows that only a
good pratice could give a real place to drone
journalism
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Conclusion
« 10% journalist, 30% video, 60% piloting : with the drone
journalism, the journalist makes use of a new sight, the
videast enhances it… but nothing is possible without piloting
competences. The possibilities we’ve considered help to
predict a shining future for the drone journalism »
Raphaël Labbé
Director of innovation in Express Roularta Group
