I have to make certain my news editing program will work with it
It looks like NewsEditPro has been OS X compatible for sometime. Unfortunately, Carbonized programs are rarely compatible with VoiceOver. http://www.macworld.com/news/2001/09/04/newsroom/index.php?pf=1
and that my workplace will pay for it.
I am guessing you are about the only hold out at your work! From what I can tell from their horribly inaccessible web site, the current versions of IQue and NewsEditPro are now separate products and are OS X only. http://www.baseview.com/Article.asp?c=2&id=193258 http://www.baseview.com/Article.asp?c=2&id=193240 They are also so expensive, that one cannot find prices. The good part about that is that an OS X upgrade is cheap in comparison! Best of luck Cheryl Wade!
