Dive into the archives.
- 1716
Photographer: “I have sound with a woman that was shot in the foot.” Assignment Editor: “In a way, it’s a metaphor for this news station.”
- 1715
Newsroom secretary after answering dozens of early-morning calls about a missing comics page: “Don’t mess with the comics or the crossword or the horoscope. That’s the first rule of journalism.”
- 1714
Editor: “You don’t have to have friends; you just have to have readers.”
- 1713
New Media editor: “Teaching journalism? That’s like… teaching coal mining.”
- 1712
Assignment Editor to complaining cameraman: “Get in line and I’ll change your diaper as soon as I can.”
- 1711
Copy Editor: “You know the sad thing about these fires is that they are overshadowing the Daytime Emmy’s.”
- 1710
Caller: “I’d like to run an apology.” Editor: “A letter to the editor?” Caller: “No, an apology – from myself to my wife. I want it on the obituary page because that’s what she reads the most.”
- 1709
Editor to a sleepy-eyed reporter tardy to the city room: Editor: “And just where have you been this morning?” Reporter: “I’ve been doing undercover work.”
- 1708
Pregnant reporter jokingly says she wants to lease vacant part of the newsroom for her infant son’s bris. Editor: “That’s a really bad idea. I don’t want to set a newsroom precedent for knives cutting body parts.”
- 1707
Reporter commenting on the passing of Ted Kennedy: “Maybe they’ll put him in a glass display case like they did with Lenin.” Editor: “They did that with John Lennon?”
- 1706
Producer answering the phone: “Newsroom.” Caller: “Hello???” Producer: “Yes?” Caller: “Is this a person or a machine?” Producer: “This is a machine.”
- 1705
Sports anchor to tech director before he goes on: “So do I have to wear pants for this?”
- 1704
Tagged onto end of a correspondent’s story in all caps: “Sorry about the all caps. I couldn’t figure out how to turn it off.”
- 1703
Producer, as homemade cake is being served up on another producer’s desk: “What kind of cake is that?” Coworker: “It’s basically sex on a plate.”
- 1702
Reporter 1: “We have one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the state.” Reporter 2: “Good. That means they can send their baby photos in.”
- 1701
Managing editor rushing to get the paper off the floor: “They want 365 of these things a year — a couple of them are gonna suck.”
- 1700
“They need to put that dog down. Worst dog ever.” News editor, talking about comic canine Marmaduke.
- 1699
Editor: “How is your day?” Paginator: “Same dog different lawn, and you?”
- 1698
“This new story skedding system follows the newspaper’s motto exactly: ‘If it’s not broken, break it.’ ”
- 1697
Coworker: “I think it’s because I work in the media that I get along with nasty people.”
