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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Livestreaming Journalists Want to Occupy the Skies With Cheap Drones

Livestreaming journalist Tim Pool shows off his modified drone, dubbed the Occucopter, intended to make aerial coverage available to citizen reporters. (photo: Sean Captain/Wired)
Sean Captain, Wired Magazine

Intro: "It may not sound like much: A video blogger bought a toy helicopter. But the blogger is 25-year-old Tim Pool - an internationally known journalist who attracts tens of thousands of viewers to his live-stream broadcasts from Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, DC, LA and other cities. He and his partners hope that the toy chopper - the $300 Parrot AR Drone - will be one step toward a citizen-driven alternative to mainstream news."
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