Dive into the archives.
- 1853
Stressed reporter: “I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I wish I had more furlough days.”
- 1852
Editor in chief: “Let’s find some people and shoot them.”
- 1851
Intern to Technical Producer: “I think this keyboard is broken. Every time I try typing in your password all that comes up is asterisks.”
- 1850
Sports anchor to newsroom: “Look, I can’t bottle up the sexy all day long.”
- 1849
Source: “My daughter is considering journalism so I sympathize with your plight.” Reporter: “Journalism is the only career I’ve ever heard called a plight… ”
- 1848
Producer: “This newscast was produced by committee, one that I’m not on.”
- 1847
At a paper that just filed Ch. 11 earlier this month: Editor to reporter, after cancer group’s phones rang off the hook about an event promoted: “See what community service we do? We should become a non-profit!” Other editor: “Well … we have the ‘non-profit’ part down.”
- 1846
Features reporter to editor: “You know it’s a good story when you have the word sperm in the lede.”
- 1845
Anchor: “Ahh yes Detroit… it’s Cleveland without all the glitter!”
- 1844
Caller looking tips on how to break into journalism: Caller: “When did you start making money as a reporter?” Reporter: “Any day now.”
- 1843
Web Editor: “I don’t care what the story really is, I just want to give people something to click on.”
- 1842
Editor to staffer, on training sessions for the paper’s new pagination system: “They told Gilligan it would only take three hours, too.”
- 1841
Reporter to another reporter: “I feel an angryjournalist.com post coming on.”
- 1840
Publisher in an email to all employees: “In our ongoing efforts to confuse both you and our customers, we are making another tweak or two to our phone system… ”
- 1839
Reporter: “Today is National Punctuation Day.” Copy editor: “I’ll be sure to cleanse my colon.”
- 1838
Overheard on newsroom scanner: “We have a man lying in the middle of the road. Caller says he may be drunk.” Five minutes later: “Someone needs to contact (name of newspaper). He says he’s too drunk to deliver his newspapers today.”
- 1837
Proofreader, concerning an elderly reporter: “Being elderly doesn’t excuse you from using tenses!”
- 1836
“Oh my god. She acts like she has a scoop on a presidential blow job.”
- 1835
Producer: “Kids are the bacon of television… and everything’s better with bacon.”
- 1834
City ed to photographer: “Do you have anything front pagey?”
