OJR article: The E-mail Paradox: Bane and Boon for Journalists' Productivity: "Close your eyes and imagine a world without e-mail. No more SoBig viruses, no more spam, no more forwarded jokes. Gosh, what would you do with all that free time? Maybe you'd be more productive. That's the thinking behind the internal office e-mail ban at British mobile phone company, Phones4u.

That's all well and good, but for journalists, an e-mail ban is like going back to the Stone Age. Media folks depend on e-mail for news tips, feedback from readers and discussion lists. Journalists are the power users of e-mail and the Web, so that leaves them with a paradox: The constant barrage of e-mail does as much harm as good."

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/glaser/1067022673.php