Stokes tapes reportedly ran around the clock in order to catalog the 24-hour news cycle, always making time to head home and change her tapes, or calling up a friend or family member to do the same when she wasn't available. When she grew too old to keep up, she trained a young friend to take over her usual duties. At any given time in her home, Fast Co. reports that as many as eight separate records would whirr away, recording the day's events.