The Armed Journalist

This is the first time that I encountered this journalist’s toolbox and I believe this comes in very handy especially for traditional media, which are, as I speak, adjusting their operational styles to computer realities and coping with competition from a growing number of new electronic information providers.
With the existence of 24-hour news providers, monitoring what is happening around the world all the more becomes a challenge so it is crucial for traditional journalists to keep themselves updated if they want to remain ahead of the news and competition, so this toolbox is very much welcome.
A journalist need not rely on it entirely for information but I think it would go a long way in keeping the newspapermen and broadcasters, abreast of what is happening around and the beautiful thing about it is, it does not end there because it provides additional reporting tools like information on phone, map and email directories and allows the journalist to take advantage of its editing and fast-checking resources links to help them improve on their reports and more importantly aid them in ensuring the accuracy of their data.
It is like a one-stop shop, because you get, more or less, the things you need to get started from trends and trailers to some of the ads, weather information, event calendars, Iraq military casualties, jobs, blog searches, to sites for funny, odd stories.

Indeed, the recent speed of news cycles has changed the ways in which daily journalism is practiced, so a journalist need to be fully equipped and armed before going to battle, and this toolbox would be a big help.