The best quotes overheard in the newsroom
- #5859
Editor 1: “How do you edit the word of God?”
Editor 2: “Though shalt not edit the word of God.”
- #5858
City editor, on adding another fatal shooting in the paper: “They’re killing ’em faster than we can get ’em in the paper.”
- #5857
Reporter 1: “The actress that played Rhett and Scarlet’s daughter died.”
Reporter 2: “Aww.”
Reporter 1: “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
- #5856
Reporter to photographer while looking at footage shot for a back to school story: “Why are all the children running away from you?”
- #5855
Editor, when ordered to cut a sex-ed story to 20 inches: “Is this what’s known as whacking off?”
- #5854
Reporter, about his measly paycheck: “I do it for the love and lolz.”
- #5853
Editor, trying to fix the printer that prints proofs: “It only goes in one way.”
- #5852
Reporter: “It’s a good thing we’re not allowed to put our opinions in stories because this lady is full of it.”
- #5851
Editor 1, after walking into chair: “I’m drunk.”
Editor 2: “Listen, we’re all drunk. You don’t see us falling over.”
- #5850
Executive producer volunteering to do an on-air eating competition when no viewers came forward: “For the sake of the show, somebody’s gotta eat that burrito.”
- #5849
Sports editor: “I fixed the flash on the camera!”
Asst news editor: “Really?!”
Sports editor: “Well, okay, I changed the batteries.”
- #5848
“Okay, the whole paper is done and looks beautiful. Except for page 3, which is blank.”
- #5847
“I always try to stick it to the man with an inch over budget when I write a short story.”
- #5846
Assignment editor to reporter during hurricane watch: “Coast guard for you.”
Reporter: “That’s not good.”
- #5845
Audio op in an east coast market during hurricane coverage: “You know what sounds really good right now? Being inland. Like, the midwest? Sounds AWESOME right now.”
- #5844
Reporter on columnist with hair that’s too red: “Look at her mug and tell me what her hair color is. You can’t. That wasn’t in my crayon box when I was a kid, and I had the big one.”
- #5843
Design chief, on the launch of a new website and software: “If it comes to us not having a website or me not having keyboard shortcuts, that website’s gone.”
- #5842
Overnight Producer to Weekend Anchor: “Lets be honest, nights and weekends are the island of misfit toys in the news world.”
- #5841
Editor, looking for someone with good penmanship: “Who here can write good?”
Reporter: “None of us otherwise we wouldn’t be working here.”
- #5840
Copy chief: “You know that there are no points for making the headline more interesting than the story, right?”
