Andrew Stelzer
Reporter
America AbroadAndrew Stelzer is an award winning radio producer and news reporter, currently working as a producer and host at Making Contact in Oakland, CA. He also files regularly for KQED radio in San Francisco.
Efforts to deploy drones for humanitarian purposes are hampered by public fears
Drones may be best known for their surveillance and military capabilities, but there’s a growing movement to use them for humanitarian aid. Inventor Mark Jacobsen is building drones to deliver humanitarian aid to Syrians stuck inside their war-torn country. But as he’s learning, bureaucracy — combined with public fears about the use of drones — has hamstrung efforts to get that aid anywhere near the Syrian border.
