Dive into the archives.
- #5929
Web reporter after reading a script: “It’s not wrong. It’s just radio.”
- #5928
Reporter to executive editor at a meeting about reorganizing the newsroom: “If you take bitterness and cynicism from me, I have nothing left.”
- #5927
“You can shoot baseball just about any day of the week. How often do you get to take a photo of a monkey riding a dog?”
- #5926
Education reporter: “All right, I’m going home and not going to think about sex ed.” Sports editor: “You had me at sex.”
- #5925
Reporter to another reporter: “I didn’t hear any crazy in her voice.”
- #5924
Editor, referring to his superiors: “All I can say is that bunch has excelled at making journalism seem really hard.”
- #5923
Slot: “I don’t believe in Santa Claus.” Designer: “I did until I came here.”
- #5922
Reporter 1: “The competition got a baby shot.” Reporter 2: “Dammit, babies win every time.” Editor: “We should just keep a baby on staff for when we need it.”
- #5921
Sports editor complaining about photo file format: “JPEG, MOTHERFUCKER!”
- #5920
Features Editor: “You’ll be the subject, and I’ll be the verb… let’s agree!”
- #5919
Curvy Editor: “So, it turns out that the way to survive falling in an elevator is to lay on your back.” Slender Reporter: “That’s counterintuitive. I guess it distributes your weight evenly?” Curvy Editor: “Apparently your buttocks can absorb the impact but your joints can’t.” Slender Reporter: “But what if you’ve got bony buttocks?” Curvy [...]
- #5918
Respectful source to reporter day before deadline: “Getting back to your emails was… uhhh… on the lower end of things.”
- #5917
Editor after reading ‘Dear Abby’ column: “I wonder how many people discover they’re gay after going to a health club.”
- #5916
Editor: “I’m not putting ‘bitches ain’t shit’ as a headline for blotter, guys.”
- #5915
Reporter 1: “A source said he couldn’t meet because of personal matters.” Reporter 2: “What constitutes a personal matter? Did he spill coffee on his pants or did his grandmother die?”
- #5914
Newspaper reporter: “If I ever get interviewed by a TV reporter, I’m taking my shirt off.”
- #5913
Managing editor to sports editor while proofing pages: “In what sort of Alice in Wonderland world do you come from where I get the page with the jump first?”
- #5912
Reporter 1: “Did you just say ‘Put your drinking shoes on’?” Reporter 2: “Yeah.” Publisher’s assistant: “And the reason she’s laughing is because she knows I never take ‘em off!”
- #5911
Photographer: “So who IS going to win the governor’s race this fall?” Political Reporter: “Hopefully none of the candidates.”
- #5910
Reporter: “Shouldn’t the Coalition for Green Jobs send out their press releases by e-mail instead of fax?”
