# Incorporating Drone and AI to Empower Smart Journalism via Optimizing a Propagation Model
## 1 Introduction  
Since 2016, technological development has accelerated to reproduce sustainable development goals. There has been much talk about the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4 IR), which in its simplest definition refers to the continued digitization of traditional manufacturing and industrial practices, using Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), robotics and other aspects of modern technology. Integrating these kinds of technologies aims to make smart devices and computers think and analyze like the human brain to ensure a secure, decentralized, and transparent way of recording and exchanging data, which integrates the digital and physical worlds. Further, the rapid development of the 4 IR allows manufacturing using fewer tools at lower cost and in a faster way. The integration of the 4 IR also can help in maximizing the technological benefits of societies and minimize the risks associated with the technologies across the globe [1,2]. Many researchers have touched upon the importance of media compatibility with the technologies of the 4 IR, such as AI and drones, not only at the institutional level but also at the level of human talent regarding preparation and training of media professionals on such tools. This allows us to witness the launch of aerial journalism with smart capabilities, where the digital world is now heading towards a new press. This is the era of aerial journalism that created a new revolution in the media industry, where there are no geographical limits, and no restrictions placed by governments on the freedom to report news, or access to information. It is expected that the volume of global spending on artificial intelligence will reach about 1 trillion USD in 2030. Especially since the largest companies in the world are pumping millions of dollars into investments in this field. It is no wonder that during the next five years, growth in AI rates will be included as an indicator within the indicators of global economic growth, as well as the per capita share of the technology of the 4 IR, along with rates of national income, gross domestic product, inflation, and other factors. These are indicators that measure the country's economic strength, all of which strongly support the growth of aerial journalism [3,4]. There are several benefits that drones have brought to the field of sustainability. For instance, drones with HD cameras are a very useful tool when flying over large tracts of land to obtain images quickly, which achieve the reduction of pollutant emissions derived from similar vehicles such as helicopters. The term of aerial journalism has not been touched upon from the 4 IR technological point of few. The media seeks to employ smart technologies to the fullest in terms of various aspects: (1) Relying on the latest satellites that penetrate the Internet speed beyond a thousand mega-bytes; (2) Using cameras on board the drones to obtain clearer and more comprehensive images than the vision of the naked eye; (3) Utilizing drones and smart robots to cover events in the most dangerous places, where it is difficult for humans to reach, such as war zones, during natural disasters (e.g., earthquakes, fires), above skyscrapers or oceans, or even crowded events (e.g., sport events) [5, 6, 7]. Therefore, we have been encouraged to address this research question: What solutions can be gained when coupling drones with AI technologies for our digital journalism? Therefore, since the technology creates media, this work is motivated to cover this untapped area and present a new model of aerial journalism via coupling UAV with AI, where such an investigation can be benefited from the technological development and capabilities of modern drone software and hardware, as well as AI optimization capabilities.