Dive into the archives.
- #2261
Copy Editor: “I’ve yet to meet a Pop Culture Reporter who didn’t have issues.”
- #2260
Newscast Director to crew talking about the new automated control room: “APC code is like coke, if I miss a line – there’s going to be trouble.”
- #2259
“Hey, you have a generic-looking head. Will you be in my staged photograph?”
- #2258
Producer to ND about Boyscouts tour: “Kids should not be allowed in a newsroom.” ND: “Why’s that?” Producer: “Because of people like me.”
- #2257
Our Local Sales Manager looking for a new car: “The MILF in me wants a Honda, but the Cougar in me wants a Mustang.”
- #2256
Editor talking to Reporter on phone: “We need news stories. Go out and inflate a balloon.”
- #2255
Assignment Editor explaining cop talk: “288 means leaves me the hell alone.” Reporter: “Cops use that a lot?” Assignment Editor: “No, Assignment Editors do.”
- #2254
Producer during top-of-the hour break: “I am already so tired of Oprah!” Anchor: “This is a marathon, not a sprint. We got 18 more months of this crap.”
- #2253
Morning Producer working on their birthday: “I just want to get to the bar, is that so bad?”
- #2252
Reporter: “Could I be fired for repeatedly punching myself in the face?” Editor: “No, I think people would welcome that.”
- #2251
Circulation Manager to News Editor: “I think you are the only one around here that can do everything.” News Editor: “I think that’s about right.”
- #2250
Copy Editor 1: “Geez. It’s still cold in here.” Copy Editor 2: “Ya. We had to exchange our heat for garbage service.”
- #2249
Reporter on the phone: “Thanksgiving? No, I come into the office and I write articles. That’s my Thanksgiving. I watch other people eat. It’s great.”
- #2248
Editor, after answering frantic call to newsroom: “The guy on the phone is having a turkey emergency and needs the number for the Butterball hotline.”
- #2247
Source to Reporter: “The firelogs come in a variety of flavors that will smell your house for you.”
- #2246
TV Reporter: “SOC? What’s a sock?”
- #2245
Chief Videographer referencing the Meteorologist: “He’s got the best job! If he’s right 40% of the time, he’s a genius. If I’m right 40% of the time, I’m fired!”
- #2244
News Director: “I’m just not feeling that tingle anymore.” Newscast Director to a Producer: “That’s the cocaine wearing off.”
- #2243
Editor in the morning meeting, talking about a PETA event: “According to the press release, he’s skating naked…” Editor 2: “Naaa, that’s not sanitary.”
- #2242
Editor: “Once again we succeeded in taking the ‘new’ out of ‘news.’”
