None of the above, but a really good piece of software I use is Otter.ai. It's an AI-driven transcription program that you can record live into or upload software to. It's not perfect and I recommend making sure everything's accurate before you use any of it for quotes, but it really streamlines everything.
As for news searching, I generally just have a bunch of different bookmarked websites that I sweep through every so often, or get in contact with people, or whatever.