CNN announces launch of drone-based newsgathering division

The technology behind "CNN AIR" has already been used in the network's coverage of LA flooding, DNC and RNC

On Thursday, CNN announced that it had created a division of Aerial Imagery and Reporting (AIR), which will feature two full-time drone operators whose jobs it will be “to fully integrate aerial imagery and reporting across all CNN networks and platforms.”

CNN has already employed the technology on a limited basis during the current flooding in Louisiana, the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, and Anderson Cooper’s coverage of the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

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