Dive into the archives.
- 2076
Reporter 1: “They should make those little covered sippy cups babies use for adults.”
Reporter 2: “They do. They’re called flasks.”
- 2075
J-School student: “Each of these little failures makes me feel more and more like a journalist.”
- 2074
EP to Anchor: “You know when you drink beer here, you need to share with everyone.”
- 2073
“You know, we’re just like hookers to them (editors) and the skirts just keep getting shorter and shorter.”
Reporter to another Reporter discussing a last minute plea from an Editor seeking copy for A1.
- 2072
Reporter: “If we’re going to run crap, let’s run local crap.”
- 2071
Copy Editor to Reporter: “Something about a break up and vodka just goes together.”
- 2070
To PR person on phone: “I would love to receive your email updates, but I’m afraid they would just clog up my Spam filter.”
- 2069
“That reporter is like God. His work is a mystery and he is mostly invisible.”
- 2068
“I like that boom boom pow, them chickens jackin’ my AP style, they try to copy edit my swagger, I’m on that next shit now.”
- 2067
Producer after intern went home sick with flu: “If you touched her, you’re gonna die.”
News Director: “I think there are rules in the company handbook about that.”
- 2066
“I’ve worked at a lot of papers, but this night is treading dangerously close to the most idiotic night I’ve ever experienced.”
- 2065
Video journalist commenting on the competition’s editorial standards:
“You gotta give it to them, it takes a certain genius to hit rock bottom and bust straight through.”
- 2064
At a student journalism conference: “Pull quotes are like condoms. You only need one.”
- 2063
News Reporter to colleague: “I don’t believe in anything,” she said, then paused. “I believe in coffee.”
- 2062
Associate Editor: “I’ve built my success on the failures and departures of others.”
- 2061
Sports Editor to Assistant Sports Editors: “I’m just trying to make the section better by letting you do all the work.”
- 2060
Reporter when speaking to a transgender man about a scuffle they had with police:
“Did you get man-handled, I mean, person-handled?”
- 2059
Designer: “That might be the best-looking crack ho we’ve run in the paper.”
- 2058
“They want us to give money to charity? Have they seen our paychecks? We ARE charity.”
Reporter, after seeing United Way posters all over the building.
- 2057
Editor to Reporter: “Next time I see the police chief walking down the street I want your head so far up his ass that I see your feet hanging out.”
