Attention, the 160 million or so owners of an Apple iPod MP3 player: take out those white earbuds and listen for a second. Before the iPod became ubiquitous — way, way before — there was the Walkman.

The future of radio newsgathering may be contained in a stamp-sized device not much bigger than a thumbnail. Although most serious street reporters use a combination of MiniDisc and cassette recorders ...

The tools of radio newsgathering have evolved constantly. Shown in 1989, British Conservative politician Chris Patten does a radio interview in London. Two portable recorders are visible.

Three radios valued at $1,850, a cassette recorder worth $300 and a portable phone charger worth $160 were stolen Friday from an Oakbrook Terrace office building, police said. Frank Chereck of Hoffman ...