Dive into the archives.
- 1317
“I haven’t spent much time in jail, so I don’t know if that’s common.” Editor on the phone with a reader.
- 1316
Senior photographer to junior reporter: “They have a habit of promoting people who can’t do their jobs.”
- 1315
“I’m a mushroom over here. I’m in the dark and I’ve been fed a lot of bullshit.”
- 1314
News editor proofing a page: “I think you need to massage your nut graph a bit more.” Designer: “OK, but not in public.”
- 1313
“I meant to say ‘babies success by six’ and it just came out as ‘baby sex’.”
- 1312
“When your calling for a score on a basketball game and the score’s still the same, you’re calling too much.”
- 1311
Reporter on phone with a source: “So, can you tell me exactly WHY backalley abortions are bad?”
- 1310
“Except for the bad slug, wrong queue and blown deadline, it looks great.”
- 1309
Editor (re: using Twitter): “Why are we doing this? Because Twitter’s cool. And we are LOW on cool factor.”
- 1308
“I can’t believe Justin Timberlake didn’t call me back for this story!”
- 1307
From the police scanner: “I have spoken to the dog in question. He said he didn’t mean to growl at the lady, he licked my hand and I went on my way.”
- 1306
“Someone’s been eating medicated dog balls?!” Copy editor commenting on story about a person who stole meatballs made for sick dogs
- 1305
Police scanner: “Help me out with an individual on a trike.”
- 1304
Reporter to section editor, after having told managing editor about a juicy story possibility: “Oh yeah, he’s having an orgasm.”
- 1303
“That’s what this newsroom is missing: A disco ball.”
- 1302
“You know it’s a good interview when you get ‘em to cry.”
- 1301
Reporter talking about legislation to allow guns on college campus: “Man, if I’d had a gun, I would have had much better grades!”
- 1300
Heard over scanner: “Complainants claim someone is throwing jalapenos at their front door.”
- 1299
Sports editor on stories on a police memorial and prostitution sting being on same page: “You’ve got protect and serve and unprotect and serve.”
- 1298
“It looks like someone’s brain puked on the page … someone really f-ed up.” Designer on front page.
