I've noticed a trend - that many journalists are much more interested when an Editor-in-Chief of a long-respected technology and culture magazine quits his job to play with toys drones. Also just heard a primer segment hinting at a bigger audio piece to be aired on Marketplace later today.
[audio https://googledrive.com/host/0B9L7Ju7dsRLVbEpGVlhxTkYtZFU/2013-01-08b-tcr.mp3 ]
"These days, we tend to think of "drones" in a military context. But drones are popping up in a number of fields, including firefighting and newsgathering. A new company that makes them is run by a former editor of Wired magazine and a 26-year-old engineering whiz from Tijuana. Reporter: John Rosman"
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Somehow "a former editor" sounds less impressive than "the former editor".