The changing face of news

In a special episode, we explore how technology influences the way news is gathered and shapes the way it is presented.


The Listening Post likes to look deep into the underlying architecture of the news; the politics that steer it, the economics that drive it and - this week - the technology that brings stories and images to TV screens, print publications and websites.

This special edition of the show examines three new technologies that are changing the way the news is gathered and presented.

First, we look at the future of news as seen from above: Whether it is protests, damage from a natural disaster or celebrity chasing, there has been a noticeable increase in the use of drones - that is, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) - by journalists, cameramen and media-savvy activists who are using drones to get new angles on world events.

It is the technology and the ethics of drone journalism that is the subject of our first report from the Listening Post’s Will Yong.