Overheard in the Newsroom » Co-workers

#9027

OHnewsroom — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:23:32 +0000

Chief Copy Editor: “Sports can be very suggestive. There are a lot of balls involved.”

#9026

OHnewsroom — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:22:09 +0000

Executive Editor working on Births page: “I’m sorry, but some of these newborns are just downright ugly!”

#9025

OHnewsroom — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:12:14 +0000

Reporter: “So I was sick at home yesterday, so I called this source on my cell phone — big mistake. She left a message for me this morning about how she was watching a murder mystery last night on television — topless — yeah, topless because she was having a hot flash.”

#9023

OHnewsroom — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:01:33 +0000

Editor to political reporter: “You know what would really make headlines? A Sharron Angle, Ron Paul sex tape.”

#9022

OHnewsroom — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:57:51 +0000

Reporter: “When I said I wrote about it like a week ago, what I meant was I wrote about it in mid-November.”

#9021

OHnewsroom — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:55:03 +0000

Veteran features writer on his 21-year-old son: “Still, he doesn’t pee in the washing machine anymore so that’s an improvement.”

#9020

OHnewsroom — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:10:13 +0000

Reporter: “Is he dead?”

Desk: “I don’t know, but if he is it will give us a ‘Funeral Fund Story’ tomorrow.”

#9019

OHnewsroom — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:51:53 +0000

Male sports writer to female sports writer: “You know you’ve got it made when the high schoolers start hitting on you.”

#9018

OHnewsroom — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:21:11 +0000

Entertainment writer, after hearing a celebrity’s tale of woe: “I’d like to be treated for exhaustion.”

#9017

OHnewsroom — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:17:39 +0000

Reporter: “This crazy lady who says she’s missing is in the lobby for an interview.”

Executive Producer: “Is she crazy?”

Producer: “Is she naked?”