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- #2280
Journalism Teacher to Students: “You probably did not get higher than 70%… unless your story gave me several orgasms during the course of reading.”
- #2279
News Editor: “There’s never a good flood, fire or earthquake happening when you need to fill pages.”
- #2278
Sports Editor to Photographer calling in from assignment: “Well if you can’t do mediocre try for so-so.”
- #2277
“I’m dreaming of a CMYK Christmas.”
- #2276
“Pitching story ideas is like giving blow jobs. It’s part of the process but I’m not exactly enthusiastic about it.”
- My grandma explains how to vote in Mashable.com’s Open Web Awards
Editor’s Note: Because of your nominations, this project — Overheard in the Newsroom — is a top 5 finalist in Mashable.com’s Open Web Awards in the category of “Best Site for Journalists.” I asked my Facebook Grandma (who has voted every day) to help explain the voting process.
Watch the video below or vote here: http://bit.ly/VOTEnewsroomThanks [...]
- #2275
Reporter: “Last year on my self-evaluation I wrote a lot because I was frustrated. This year I will write little because I’m defeated.”
- #2274
Director, referring to Main Anchor: “He’s in a good mood for a change.”
Producer: “It’s payday, he had his prescriptions refilled.”
- #2273
Copy Editor wondering how much to edit the end of an article: “Probably no one will read that far anyway.”
- #2272
Photographer on the scene of a house fire: “So, was this an occupied structure?”
Cop: “That depends, do you consider a crack house ‘occupied’?”
- #2271
Reporter to her boss: “You don’t have a family. You’re an Editor.”
- #2270
Executive Producer to newsroom: “If everybody were as smart as we are, we’d be out of business.”
- #2269
Page Designer talking about another Designer:
“People need to start laying out pages to my standards so I don’t have to fix their crap.”
- #2268
Copy Editor: “What would you do if terrorists attacked again?”
Designer: “I imagine that I’d have to go to work.”
- #2267
Intern: “I think the AP wires are down. The last story came over six hours ago.”
News Editor: “That’s how the AP says ‘Happy Thanksgiving!’ to the rest of us.”
- #2266
Editor: “I’m just happy I have a job where I can string a couple mother-fuckers in a row, and nobody thinks anything about it.”
- #2265
Anchor reading daughter’s Thanksgiving artwork: “People died, we had a feast.”
Reporter: “Isn’t that in our job description?”
- #2264
Copy Editor 1, after learning a new hire would be starting next week: “Good, we can give him all the crap to read.”
Copy Editor 2: “What will the rest of us read then?”
- #2263
Reporter: “Ah-ha! November 25th. Time to dust off those ‘early Christmas present’ leads.”
- #2262
Sports Editor: “I might go cover the hockey game tonight because it’s the biggest beer-drinking event I could find.”
