DIYPhotography Wednesday April 8, 2026
DJI's newly announced Avata 360 is a 360° FPV drone combines immersive flying with full spherical capture, notes DIY Photography. The Avata 360 is capable of shooting 8K 360° video at up to 60fps, along with 120MP stills. The drone uses two 1/1.1-inch square CMOS sensors, each with 64MP resolution, paired with ultra-wide 200° lenses. Together, they stitch a full 360° image, giving you a final output. Unlike traditional drones, where framing is locked in at capture, this lets you reframe shots later – rotate, pan, or even “look backwards” after the flight. Read the full Story >>
MediaPost Wednesday April 8, 2026
After more than a year of testing, news curation and discovery app Flipboard has launched “social websites” through the company’s Surf reader app. The open-source initiative is designed to provide creators and publishers with a new way to connect with users on decentralized platforms by bringing together social posts, videos, podcasts, newsletters and community conversations into one space, notes Media Post. For the launch, Flipboard has partnered with independent creators, as well established publications including Rolling, The Verge, ands Wired. Read the full Story >>
WV Public Broadcasting Wednesday April 8, 2026
Maddie McGarvey was a sophomore studying photojournalism at Ohio University 15 years ago when she decided to document grandparents raising their grandchildren—a project described last year in a New York Times story titled “An Act of Witness in Appalachia.” Today, McGarvey is a freelance photographer for the Times covering the Rust Belt and Appalachia. In a recent interview with WV Public Broadcasting, the photographer says the work she started in collage has never really ended. Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Wednesday April 8, 2026
Scientists with the global research group known as Project CETI, or the Cetacean Translation Initiative, have captured one of the most detailed recordings of a sperm whale birth ever documented, using high-tech drones and underwater audio. In doing so, noted The New York Times, they added to evidence that humans aren’t the only species that gets some form of assistance during and after delivery. The researchers were tracking a sperm whale in the Caribbean when they encountered a larger group of 11 whales gathered near the surface. Read the full Story >>
