Technology has saved us money in some circumstances, but it has really afforded us the ability to cover stories from locations we might not have been able to in the past.

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Technology has helped us save money in some cases, but it has also allowed us to report on stories from places we couldn't have reached before. This means that technology has given us new opportunities to gather information and share news from all around the world, even if we couldn't physically be there.

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