This is basically my dream career:

NYTimes.com's Naka Nathaniel [is] a Paris-based multimedia journalist who travels the globe and produces multimedia features (like this recent one from Iran).... he does as much work as possible while out on assignment, and sometimes finishes up projects upon returning to France. "I basically have to create my own desk wherever I go," he says, "and since I don't need an Internet connection for much of the editing process I can get a good deal of work done in the back seats of vans traveling along non-existent roads, waiting for/flying on planes, and on a gravel bar in northern Alaska, etc."

As for equipment to produce multimedia editorial features while on the road: "My kit isn't all that burdensome. I carry a Mac G4 laptop and an IBM T21, however both are getting pretty beaten up. I use a Sony MiniDisc recorder and I carry a couple of cameras, with my favorite being the Canon D60.