Southern to offer minor in Drone Applications

Drones are becoming big business. And now students who want to learn more about the field can minor in Drone Applications at Southern. The minor pairs journalism and geography courses to provide diffe...

Journalism professor documents memorial build

Some stories are better told from above. When Vern Williams, assistant professor of Journalism, heard about the construction of a Remembrance Garden behind Morrill Hall, he thought it would make a goo...

Drone Journalism course will be offered Spring 2018

As journalists around the country begin experimenting with drone photography, Southern’s Journalism Department now offers a course designed to help. The course, “Drone Journalism,” covers practi...

SCSU Journalism faculty member chosen for inaugural Drone Journalism Boot Camp

Vern Williams, an assistant professor of Journalism, was one of 60 participants chosen to attend the inaugural Drone Journalism Boot Camp at University of Nebraska-Lincoln powered by Google News Lab. ...

Drone pros: Aerial video can support storytelling, but be careful

By Jordan Otero Journalists and news organizations shouldn’t be afraid to dabble in using drones for reporting and storytelling, a panel of industry professionals said Saturday. The drone discussion...

Drone Expert Visits SCSU Journalism Department

Journalists should be experimenting more with drones in their reporting, a drone expert told a group of Southern Connecticut State University journalism students April 30. Peter Sachs, an attorney, pi...