Overheard in the Newsroom » Fun times!

#9036

OHnewsroom — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:59:49 +0000

Editor: “The most dangerous place in the newsroom is between me and the pizza.”

#9034

OHnewsroom — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:58:08 +0000

10 p.m. producer to overnight producer: “The printer is out of toner and everyone forgot to order more. So, when you want to print you have to go upstairs.”

Overnight producer: “That’s the third floor.”

10 p.m.: “Yes, it sucks.”

Overnight producer: “The anchors can get their own scripts.”

#9032

OHnewsroom — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:56:02 +0000

Editor to photographer heading to shoot potentially explosive meeting: “Why don’t you just go, and see if you get thrown out.”

#9031

OHnewsroom — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:37:32 +0000

Anchor: “Oh look, more jail mail!”

#9030

OHnewsroom — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:37:24 +0000

About the confetti thrown at the Giants’ ticker-tape parade: “I wonder if the bags of shredded paper contain important legal docs we could reassemble.”

#9029

OHnewsroom — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:35:15 +0000

Anchor to cameraman’s young son: “Are you going on a drug raid with daddy today?”

#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.”

#9024

OHnewsroom — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:10:34 +0000

High school sports reporter: “The kid burped in my recorder. I should spell his name wrong.”

#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?”

#9012

OHnewsroom — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:06:42 +0000

Reporter who went to a concert the night before: “I was looking around and it was like, hipster, hipster, hipster, guy who looks like our managing editor — holy shit that IS our managing editor.”