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- #8964
Reporter 1: “Why are Boy Scouts touring the newsroom on Sunday when it will be empty?” Reporter 2: “So they can see the future of print media.”
- #8960
Reporter who is unfamiliar with Quark, laying out a page: “How do I get the text to run around these ads? I mean, doesn’t it just want to stay away from them?”
- #8956
News Editor at an engineering college newspaper: “Why can’t the newsmakers on campus be more photogenic?”
- #8955
Reporter: “Oh, a handwritten letter. That’s always a good sign.” Social media specialist: “As long as there’s no white powder that drops out of the envelope, I think you’re OK.”
- #8947
Assistant editor 1, regarding whether cellphone should be one word or two: “Now all the other news services make it one and I don’t want to keep changing it.” Assistant editor 2, who likes it as two words: “Fine. I’m not in the business of creating more work for no reason other than me being [...]
- #8945
Reporter to copy editor/paginator: “You guys are always so concerned about space.”
- #8939
Analyst: “It’s significantly warmer on our floor than the publisher’s.” Editor: “That’s because our thermostat has been permanently set to Hell.”
- #8936
Reporter: “Well, that fire turned out to be nothing.” Meteorologist: “Did you at least get a couple phone numbers?”
- #8922
Reporter: “Why did we ever think it was a good idea to get into journalism? If I ever meet Woodward or Bernstein I’m punching them in the balls.”
- #8920
Reporter angry about working on Christmas: “They can fire me for saying this, but why the fuck are we having people who don’t celebrate Christmas planning out what we cover on Christmas?”
- #8916
Editor: “Does anyone else realize that we spend more time dealing with idiots than we do actually producing news?”
- #8915
Assignment editor: “I just piece together people’s bullshit. Don’t blame me.”
- #8914
Frustrated reporter: “I’m gonna stalk this guy ‘til he’s sick of me!” Reporter 2: “Now that’s the spirit!”
- #8913
Reporter planning intern lunch: “It’s an evolutionary thing. We find food and then we talk shit.”
- #8910
Sports Editor, joking about a story: “Morality doesn’t get in the way as much as legality.”
- #8909
Photog after hearing about dismal changes: “That’s what we do here. Kill hopes and dreams.”
- #8906
Editor, referring to Wednesday’s top front page story: “The more people I make regurgitate their breakfast, the better.”
- #8894
Retiring producer reminiscing about the ‘good ol’ days’ in the newsroom: “Remember when we could smoke like chimneys and drink like Kennedys?”
- #8890
In response to an email from a source urging that she contact him in any way possible, including carrier pigeon: “Alas, we have no carrier pigeons. Budget cuts.”
- #8887
Copy editor: “If our computer system keeps moving this slow we’re going to have to re-book the front page because there’s going to be a murder.”
