Dive into the archives.
- #5017
Editor, on returning from lunch: “Nothing blew up while I was away?” Reporter: “No. Unless WE blew up and this is Purgatory. Which is completely possible.”
- #5016
Editor to new health intern: “I have a question about your story. What is it about?”
- #5015
Reporter, looking for people to call about a body found on the side of the road: “Oh score! There’s a liquor store next to there. Those guys will talk to me!”
- #5014
Copy editor: “If there’s one thing I can spot when proofing a page, it’s the words ‘mother fucker’.”
- #5013
Photo editor to page designer: “I can always find a dead body in Mexico.”
- #5012
Editor 1 to another editor over security at G20: “So did you get strip searched on your way down to work?” Editor 2: “Yeah, it was wonderful!” Editor 1: “Let me guess, you went back and did a lap around the block to get searched again.” Editor 2: “Anything for a little human contact.”
- #5011
Overheard on the scanner: “Woman in just a bikini top walking down I-5 carrying scissors. [Five minutes later] Man, nude, with dreadlocks also walking along freeway.”
- #5010
Veteran reporter, honored by her peers as one of the best in the city, explains a story to an intern. After a long conversation, the intern says: “What is your name?”
- #5009
Photographer to intern: “Our news comes in four categories: fire, natural disasters, unnatural death, and anything with puppies or kittens.”
- #5008
Editors discussing story placement: “I’ll take Prophet back. You get the naked blue people.”
- #5007
Reporter talking about vandalism at a local elementary school: “It was juvenile boys and there was paint. Of course there would be a penis painted somewhere. What do you expect?”
- #5006
“Getting a dog taught me about having kids. Having kids prepared me for dealing with commentators.”
- #5005
Reporter: “Oh, I thought you were only suggesting I call them.” Editor: “Yes. I was suggesting you cover the whole story, not just a third of it.”
- #5004
Editor 1: “Can you help think of a catchy headline for our top online story?” Editor 2: “Sorry, my shift ended three minutes ago.”
- #5003
Overnight editor: “They said they would clean the windows today. Did it look brighter to you today?” Evening editor: “It’s always a dark day when I’m here.”
- #5002
Editor: “If that story isn’t done by Monday I’m dangling you from the rooftop by your heels.” Reporter: “I’ll make sure not to wear a skirt.”
- #5001
Education reporter: “I don’t really use my glasses. I mean, I just use them to drive. And read. And I use them at work because it makes me feel smarter. I’m like a smarter version of me when I wear them.”
- #5000
Reporter, about former editor: “Her professionalism was kind of intimidating and inconvenient.”
- #4999
Managing editor to newsroom about making a sports story a centerpiece: “Everyone loves the balls.”
- #4998
Reporter on psychic story: “I smell a good headline.”
