Dive into the archives.
- #4165
Producer: “Silence is golden.” Director: “You wouldn’t know, would you?”
- #4164
Reporter to editor: “I saw my first dead body today, instead of being sad I just had a strange craving for Subway.” Editor: “Welcome to journalism, son.”
- #4163
Copy editor complaining about dropped punctuation in a headline: “Hey, what happened to my period?!” Second copy editor: “My wife said the same thing, and nine months later, we had a daughter.”
- #4162
News editor: “This must suck if the sports guy is telling the news guy his lede is cliche.”
- #4161
Editor: “You’re in a good mood today. I’m about to ruin it.”
- #4160
Producer: “The newsroom is leaking on our awards.”
- #4159
Female reporter getting off the phone with a potential source: “He sounded very reluctant. That’s why I used my little girl voice.”
- #4158
Staff writer, reading Quark error message: “‘Quark has unexpectedly quit.’ Unexpectedly … no shit.”
- #4157
Reporter to Sports Editor: “You got my mouse all potato-chippy.” Sports Editor: “I thought I wiped my hands off!” Reporter: “You did. On MY MOUSE!”
- #4156
Cops reporter upon learning a missing teen had been found: “That won’t sell newspapers. You can’t stuff a live 17-year-old into a news hole.”
- #4155
“I would do anything for a quote.”
- #4154
“When in doubt, throw porn out there. People will look at the TV.”
- #4153
“Do you have any photos where the people at the zoo are, sort of, interacting with the animals?”
- #4152
From photographer to former copy editor turned photo editor: “Copy editors are like photographers but without the egos.”
- #4151
Producer to reporter: “You’re my lead. Don’t screw me.”
- #4150
“The kangaroo testicle angle was massively underplayed in this story.”
- #4149
Sports reporter interviewing an outgoing head coach about his replacement, over the phone: “So is this his first head job or has he had a head job at another team?”
- #4148
Copy editor: “I just need to buy a keg of Mountain Dew.”
- #4147
A package with several bottles of beer is delivered to the newsroom: “Anyone want a Sam Adams Light?” “That’s a real beer, not a piggy bank or something?”
- #4146
Photo editor while color correcting photos: “People just don’t wear CMYK-compatible clothing.”
