If you got an Iphone and can write as good as Bob then you are a news reporter

http://www.crimefilenews.com/2014/01/can-your-iphone-really-be-used-to.html

Newspaper and television executives are slowly learning that putting their content on the Internet is the only way to survive.  Suddenly anyone who can write, shoot still pictures and much better yet video can compete with the incredible shrinking big boys of television.
With these changes newspapers have actually bagged some Emmy Awards for their video stories!  So-called newspaper reporting has changed forever. Today we all carry a sophisticated HD TV camera in our pockets that for most people goes unused.  Anyone can be trained to create a very watchable TV news story with the iPhone complete with voice-overs.
The issue after training is equipment and its cost.  Editing can be done on any computer or iPad however the iPhone can do that too in a pinch.  Lack of money is really no bar to telling a story via video any more.
The iPhone does have its limitations with lenses and microphones but it seems everyday there are new hardware and software fixes being offered.

I wrote many times on the pnj that their future was a collaboration with the public... traffic, crime, weather, deals... etc.

But they had a pen and a paper... maybe they can take the pen home as a momento.