Dive into the archives.
- 1186
“It’s like he woke up and said, ‘I think I’ll try journalism today.’”
Editor after drunkard called in inquiring about the editor’s job.
- 1185
“I wish I could control-Z certain aspects of the day sometimes.”
- 1184
Reporter 1 lists off all the mistakes the Craigslist killer made including: “The first thing you do is put gloves on.”
Reporter 2: “What he did wrong is kill someone.”
- 1183
Copy editor, talking about reporters who don’t want to relinquish control on their stories:
“The problem is that people want to walk their baby to the store when they really need to just hand it off to Granny and move on.”
- 1182
Editorial assistant: “A guy tried to hang himself with his shoe laces. Apparently it didn’t work. HAHA! I’m going to get food.”
- 1181
“That’s sad that this made news. Susan Boyle plucked her eyebrows.”
- 1180
Designer #1: “We need to lure reporters to these planning sessions and make it seem fun.”
Designer #2: “Maybe we should wear costumes.”
Designer #3: “It sounds like we’re planning a child abduction!”
- 1179
Reporter: “InCopy has encountered an error and needs to close… BUT IT ISN’T EVEN OPEN!”
Editor: “It’s just cutting to the chase.”
- 1178
Veteran columnist: “I make it a point never to post in the reader comments. I don’t get involved.”
- 1177
Reporter: “I think we should change American dollars to Indian rupees in all of our stories.”
- 1176
Editor [on phone with reporter]: “Seventy-year-old woman, skydiving, [city] airport, 1 p.m. tomorrow, you there?”
[pause while reporter responds]
Editor: “It’s at the [city] airport but she may not be from our area.”
[pause while reporter responds]
Editor: “You’re there in case the parachute doesn’t work.”
- 1175
Copy editors, discussing a story about a pandemic:
Copy editor 1: “We need to get dogs! In the movies, every time a disease breaks out, the guy who lives has a dog.”
Copy editor 2: “I have a cat. Does that count?”Copy editor 1: “No. You’re going to die.”
- 1174
Journalism professor/editor, heading out for late night food:
“Unless you’re dead and naked in the streets, NEVER apologize.”
- 1173
Anchor: “Why Swine? I hate that word. From now on, I want to call it Pig Flu.”
- 1172
Pregnant web editor: “Has anyone ever gone into labor in the newsroom?”
- 1171
Reporter: “The DA’s holding a sexting conference Thursday at 11 at the community college.”
Editor: “Oh, cool, are they going to teach you how to do it?”
- 1170
“Are you in me?”
Reporter asking if editor was working on his story, thus locking him out of it.
- 1169
Programme editor: “So, if we don’t get Somalia we’ll do Agatha Christie. They’re both feel-good stories.”
- 1168
“So, I think we need to have a 10-part series. … Save newspapers, thanks to the Craigslist killer.”
- 1167
“It’s not that I don’t like people. I just prefer it when they’re not around.”
