At a time when TV and online journalism embraces more moving images filmed from drones than ever before, this article seeks to explore the thoughts and actions of those who produce them. It builds on earlier research into how aerial images impact on the viewer through the lens of ‘quality journalism’ (Adams, 2018). It investigates how drone operators are involved in the journalistic process, what meanings and effects they seek and who controls their work in a market-driven environment. Qualitative analysis was carried out of seventeen in-depth interviews with drone operators, journalists and editors working in UK and around the world. Data revealed a high degree of creative freedom among the operators, a passion for using drones and some desire to immerse and impress the viewer. It showed that aerial images have become paramount in video journalism amid market pressures to find ever more sophisticated and ‘cinematic’ shots. Interviewees felt drones had been “good for journalism,” by providing raw data, exciting new perspectives, context and story-telling techniques and “space to think.” The article explores the significant yet often unplanned contribution to the journalistic process of the drone operator and recommends more is done to increase understanding between journalist and pilot, such as providing training courses designed to teach quality drone journalism, as the media approaches ‘peak drone.’

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双重控制：调查无人机（UAV）运营商在电视和在线新闻中的作用

在电视和在线新闻界比以往任何时候都包含更多从无人机拍摄的动态图像的时候，本文旨在探索产生这些图像的人的思想和行为。它建立在早期研究的基础上，即通过``优质新闻''的视角对航空影像如何影响观看者的行为（亚当斯，2018年）。它调查了无人机操作员如何参与新闻发布过程，他们寻求的意义和效果以及在市场驱动的环境中谁控制了他们的工作。定性分析是对英国和全球范围内的无人机操作员，新闻记者和编辑进行的十七次深度访谈进行的。数据显示出操作员之间高度的创作自由，对使用无人机的热情以及对沉浸式视觉效果的渴望。它表明，在市场压力下寻找更复杂和“电影化”的镜头的过程中，航空图像已成为视频新闻中的头等大事。通过提供原始数据，令人兴奋的新观点，上下文和讲故事的技术以及“思考的空间”，受访者认为无人机对新闻业是“有益的”。这篇文章探讨了对无人机操作员新闻过程的重大但通常是计划外的贡献，并建议您做更多的工作以增进记者和飞行员之间的理解，例如提供培训课程，以教授优质的无人机新闻，因为媒体接近“峰值无人机”。 ' 情境和讲故事的技巧以及“思考的空间”。这篇文章探讨了对无人机操作员新闻过程的重大但通常是计划外的贡献，并建议您做更多的工作以增进记者和飞行员之间的理解，例如提供培训课程，以教授优质的无人机新闻，因为媒体接近“峰值无人机”。 ' 情境和讲故事的技巧以及“思考的空间”。这篇文章探讨了对无人机操作员新闻过程的重大但通常是计划外的贡献，并建议您做更多的工作以增进记者和飞行员之间的理解，例如提供培训课程，以教授优质的无人机新闻，因为媒体接近“峰值无人机”。 '