Overheard in the Newsroom » Co-workers

#9322

OHnewsroom — Wed, 23 May 2012 09:37:23 +0000

Publisher, to ad director about making the layout dummy for next day: “It is just like driving under the influence. You probably shouldn’t dummy while fighting the flu.”

#9321

OHnewsroom — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:35:57 +0000

Layout editor after reporter asks where her article will run in the paper: “Well, you’re above the old lady who got knocked over and robbed, so that’s pretty impressive.”

#9320

OHnewsroom — Wed, 23 May 2012 03:33:08 +0000

Web editor 1: “The Sun just tweeted out, ‘Stabbing, drive-by shooting and homicide part of overnight violence in Baltimore’.”

Web editor 2: “Yeah, but they could tweet that every morning.”

#9319

OHnewsroom — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:29:55 +0000

Editor: “Where are all the good writers, man? We’ve got to smoke them out. Like badgers.”

#9318

OHnewsroom — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:24:44 +0000

Photog: “Why weren’t you in the meeting.”

Assignment Editor: “Because I was with the intern.”

Photog: “That’s what Bill Clinton said.”

#9317

OHnewsroom — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:24:13 +0000

Editor, after finding typos: “Pay no attention to the editor behind the computer.”

#9316

OHnewsroom — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:20:18 +0000

Producer to reporter: “Your script looks good. One thing though, I don’t think anyone in our viewing area knows what a consortium is.”

#9315

OHnewsroom — Sat, 19 May 2012 06:59:41 +0000

Producer about meteorologist: “Count how many times he says ‘neck of the woods’.”

#9314

OHnewsroom — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:58:49 +0000

Managing editor: “I screwed up. The intern doesn’t turn 21 until a couple days after the election. You have to make the liquor run on election night.”

Reporter: “So why did we hire an intern?”

#9313

OHnewsroom — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:56:23 +0000

Copy editor: “I need to know what those expletives you censored out of your story are.”

Reporter: “Ah, that would be a fucking and a fuck.”