She is not resting on her laurels. Realizing that she was uncomfortable with the Internet, she took it on herself to do something about it. It also made me feel kind of insecure, realizing that other reporters are routinely using Internet sites to get information and report stories. It activated my competitive streak. There are lots of reasons.
Some excuses are because of resource allocation.
We're all doing two wraps a day. We hit the street after the morning meeting and aren't back till after the 6 p.m. live shot. Other reporters blame management. It's up at the assignment desk and it's a pain to get to if you can get to it. The news director thinks we'll all cruise the porn sites if we had Net access on our desks.