Dive into the archives.
- #5466
Reporter: “Miss America is speaking at the Boy Scout Jamboree!? I know where those scouts are going after that: Straight to their tents. And they won’t be reading the manual.”
- #5465
Reporter on phone with law enforcement about recent hostage situation at a local Wal-Mart where assailant had a knife: “So, did he just come in all stabby or was there a lead up?”
- #5464
Reporter: “Nothing says reporter like cigarettes and a flask.”
- #5463
Photog to Director: “I like the smell of books. It reminds me of Barnes and Noble.” Director: “You like the smell of cheap coffee and old people?”
- #5462
Website editor: “I’m so glad we’ve got a hot missing person. I’m sick to death of ugly-looking missing people.”
- #5461
Reporter: “Unexpectedly, I got 12 inches from the Jonas Brothers.” Copy editor: “That’s about 4 inches per brother. Seems about right.”
- #5460
“We should all get together and file a class action suit against all the guidance counselors who suggested a career in journalism.”
- #5459
Reporter: “I’ve made everyone on this story cry.” Editor: “It’s not a good week unless you’ve made someone cry.”
- #5458
Design editor on another design editor in our chain: “He likes me better now that I embrace his font.”
- #5457
Intern to Producer: “So have you ever wanted to do real journalism?”
- #5456
Reporter: “Is ‘eponymous’ too big a word to use?” Intern: “It’s too big for me. I think it’s a small hippopotamus.”
- #5455
IT: “Are you guys moving in the building or out?” Composing manager: “No, we’ve been in this building for over 100 years.” IT: “You mean it always looks like this?”
- #5454
Reporter: “Everything is rising except my salary.”
- #5453
Editor taking dictation from reporter at a protest: “Nazi-zona? How do you spell that?”
- #5452
Rodeo reporter: “Covering rodeo is not like covering any other sport. I’ve filed from a whorehouse and I’ve filed from an outhouse.” Sports reporter: “Were those the only places with wireless?”
- #5451
Copy editor at paper in Louisiana: “Did you see the thing about Louisiana being named the laziest state? We should get something in about that.” Wire editor: “Eh, let’s publish it next week.”
- #5450
After hearing his news story read almost verbatim on a television report, reporter turns to his editors and says: “Am I in the wrong newsroom?”
- #5449
Chief photographer after a press conference: “Well that was a load of wank.”
- #5448
Slot editor: “My pen just ran out of ink. I’m going home.”
- #5447
Producer, watching audio op use board: “It’s like a space shuttle.”
