The best quotes overheard in the newsroom
- #3518
Managing Editor commenting on suspicious call about a man wanting to pay to see a woman’s breasts: “Those must be some mighty fine specimens for $200.”
- #3517
Editor about a truly terrible photo of students during a tornado drill: “Run that one, it has less underwear.”
- #3516
New Cops and Courts Reporter, confused about a case he was reporting on: “Isn’t it legal here for to have sex with a 16-year-old?”
ACE: “I don’t know, but I wouldn’t be bragging about it if I were you.”
- #3515
Editor, on the idea of creating fake followers of the paper’s Twitter feed: “I’m not against forgery and fraud.”
- #3514
Male Reporter on Robert Pattinson being featured on Life front: “His face looks so unhappy, but his hair looks so happy!”
- #3513
Program Editor to Graphics Guys: “I like that but that bit looks too much like a graphic.”
Graphics Guys: “The clue is in the department title.”
- #3512
Executive Producer: “Does anyone have a painkiller?”
Producer: “There might be something in the medicine cabinet over in Engineering.”
Executive Producer: “No, those aren’t strong enough. Those are like candy.”
- #3511
Teacher taking class of students around the newsroom: “So what do you do?”
Reporter: “As little as possible, I’m a professional.”
- #3510
Anchor in news meeting: “I saw a hooker downtown today… it is the first sign of spring!”
- #3509
Editor: “Will you let me use the term man-scaping?”
Editor-in-Chief: “No.”
- #3508
Editor: “Her columns are so bad. Can we get one of the Photographers to just watermark ‘sic’ over her text each week?”
- #3507
Metro Editor, on story about parade float made out of newspapers: “Can’t do that with the Internet.”
- #3506
Weatherman to Producer: “The camera has cutoff most of our female anchor on 4×3.”
Producer: “And yet our ratings have just gone up.”
- #3505
Copy Desk Chief, after first run: “Well, that was a shit sandwich.”
Copy Editor: “Just keep on shoveling.”
- #3504
Reporter worried about changes being made by the new News Director: “The fan’s already spinning, we’re just waiting for someone to throw something at it.”
