Chinese Website Preparing to Use UAS for Newsgathering
In an effort to enhance its digital news coverage, the China Daily website has partnered with China-based drone development company EHang Inc. EHang will provide reporters from China Daily with training on how to use UAS when taking photographs and gathering news for reports.
“By co-operating with our premier partner in drone news coverage, we will seize the industrial trend driven by new technologies and improve our responsiveness, diversity and additional value during breaking news reports and cross-border communications around the globe,” said Li Xin, the website’s deputy editor, via the China Post.
“We’ve established a new media lab to implement virtual reality and UAV technologies in our news coverage works.”
The China Daily website is the latest Chinese news organization to take an interest in using unmanned systems in its newsgathering operations. The People’s Daily Website and Xinhua News Agencies have each announced plans to jointly work with hardware companies to develop strategies on how to use UAS for newsgathering.
With an office in the United States, EHang has also entered into partnerships with the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) and the Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED) that will allow EHang to test its drones at Nevada’s FAA UAS Test Site, and eventually achieve safe flight in the United States’ airspace while adhering to the rules of the FAA.
