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Recently drones have become ubiquitous in the media, and not just for executing civilians abroad. Newsrooms are using drones to go places their reporters can’t reach, and drone-deploying filmmakers are capturing what was once cost-prohibitive aerial footage. And soon, an unmanned aerial vehicle might become your mailman when Amazon launches their drone delivery service. In Silicon Valley, Facebook and Google are getting into the drone game as a means to deliver internet to the unconnected, particularly in the developing world. This week, Google bought Titan Aerospace, a start-up that makes solar-powered high-altitude drones. And not to be outdone, Facebook purchased rival dronesmith Ascenta, with plans to create a blanket Wi-Fi network to connect the world via their social network. On this week’s show, we’ll be joined by special guests Chris Anderson, former editor at Wired and CEO and founder of DIY Drones, and Matt Waite, founder of the Drone Journalism Lab at Nebraska University. We’ll also be joined by regular Andrew Lih from American University and host Mark Glaser from PBS MediaShift.