The camera is considered, but only as technology, not as a communication tool. The 35mm camera introduction in American photojournalism in the 1960s was different from the digital camera introduction. The 35mm camera was sold as a technological innovation but photojournalists ignored the hype and went directly to it as a communication device. You will get lots of answers about speed and deadline but photojournalism is not a race, it's supposed to be communication. You are not restricted to physical things in your circle.
Writers do facts and figures better.
This gets tricky. You work in a world of journalism that persists in the error that humans can be trained to be objective. It's ironic that journalistic objectivity is financed by advertising, millions spent on the premise that humans are not objective. Oh, the arrogance of journalists, of all humans, they have mastered objectivity. Let's look at equipment.