Dive into the archives.
- #8184
Editor: “Journalists and money never go together.”
- #8183
Editor on a reporter’s subpar photos: “I have to give her credit, it’s almost like she’s trying to take the shittiest photos ever. I feel like she’s trying to top herself.”
- #8182
“I just asked the governor a question on Twitter, I feel gross.”
- #8181
New Reporter to Editor-in-Chief: “Are all of the pictures taken naturally out of focus, or is that the printer’s fault?”
- #8180
Reporter: “You asked for 12 inches, I gave you 12.5 inches WITH a textbox.” Photographer: “I feel so satisfied.”
- #8179
Newsroom secretary: “Who do I refer this lady to on the phone who says the sunrise and sunset times are wrong in the paper?” City editor: “God.”
- #8178
Page Designer: “How bout this for a headline for the College World Series: ‘Cocks lockjaw Gators.’ Think I’ll get fired?”
- #8177
After apologies for being sent a steady stream of error-riddled copy: Copy editor: “I appreciate imperfection. It pays the rent.”
- #8176
Copy editor: “I’m proud of myself. I managed to write this headline without using the word ‘dick.’”
- #8175
A&E Editor: “Transformers 3 is like a bad date… or maybe a good date. A lot of action and not a lot of content.”
- #8174
Opinion editor: “That’s all I ever do anymore: Edit shit and go to meetings to talk about the shit I edited.”
- #8173
Reporter: “I don’t write inverted pyramid. I write … square.”
- #8172
Newsroom-wide e-mail with subject line ‘SOS’: “Does anyone have chocolate?”
- #8171
Reporter 1: “At least we’re good-spirited about our jobs.” Reporter 2: “Damn right. The band played, even on the Titanic.”
- #8170
Dateline NBC cameraman filming newspaper reporter for segment: “Used to be that newspaper people looked down on TV people.” Reporter: “They still do.”
- #8169
Photog on phone accepting a compliment from caller: “Yep. I am leaking awesome all over this desk.”
- #8168
Editor commenting on a dead baby gorilla at the zoo: “No wonder they’re almost extinct, they can’t even take care of their young!”
- #8167
Editor: “Is corn hole two words?” Reporter: “Depends on the context.”
- #8166
“I can’t read stories on our site because I’m not signed up. If I’m too lazy to sign up, how do we expect our readers to do it?”
- #8165
Intern 1: “Have you seen the new ad guy?” Intern 2: “Yeah, why?” Intern 1: “He has a porn mustache and a creepy Shepard Smith voice. It’s truly unnerving.”
