Dive into the archives.
- 314
“I only drink on very special occasions. Like when it’s dark out.”
- 313
Reporter: “My lede is now the size of a large Tribune story.”
- 312
News editor: “Write the ethics policy for the web!” Web editor: “I can’t (news editor). I’m too busy working on the pet gallery.”
- 311
“I’m not a human, I’m a reporter”
- 310
“Here’s what a hairy one looks like” Back story: We need to run a correction on a photo of a woodpecker in tomorrow’s paper.
- 309
“She’s interviewing Jesus. And I have stigmata.” [as she held up her hands to show pink highlighter on her palms.]
- 308
“Can I say ‘penis’ on the air?”
- 307
“The more tools we have, the better I feel.” Publisher rallying the troops in the wake of slumping revenue.
- 306
“Make sure the knife is in your pants when you put them back on.”
- 305
Editor to staff: “Have you ever stayed up all night… doing it?” “It” referring to updating the website
- 304
“What can I say, the cat chicks dig me.” Editor, after deadline
- 303
Photographer on the phone to contact: “Hello, is that Frodo? [some seconds later] Well I’ll ring you when I’m on the way, then if your phone isn’t in the back end of a cow you’ll know I’m coming.”
- 302
“If you grab for a cop’s gun, you’re not going to go through life without doing something else terrible.”
- 301
In a fashion-section brainstorming meeting. “We can’t say enough about eyebrows. They’re the new eyelashes.”
- 300
“Be sure to get some whites and blacks.” Editor to reporter doing “man on the street” interviews
- 299
Reporter: “I want to do a story about a man who makes wood carvings with a chainsaw.” Features editor: “Does he have cancer?” Reporter: “Yes.” Features editor: “Then let’s do it.”
- 298
EIC: “I have feelings!” Design Editor: “Yeah, except most of them are ‘lust’ and ‘greed’.”
- 297
“Remember that dog that got thrown out of the window? We need another one of those! On cell phone video!”
- 296
“Don’t ask me, I just input the text.”
- 295
Salty veteran copy editor, on the lesson he’s learned in the newsroom: “There are two things I won’t do: Suffer quietly or suffer alone.”
