Overheard in the Newsroom » Technology

#9312

OHnewsroom — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:55:06 +0000

Editor: “[Designer] thinks if she keeps sending me emails, I’m going to read them.”

#9287

OHnewsroom — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:55:29 +0000

Assistant editor, about complaint over running the wrong day’s horoscope: “I’m not sure this woman leaves the house much. I offered to email them to her and she didn’t know what I meant.”

#9281

OHnewsroom — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:33:53 +0000

Editor about the police scanner: “What did they say was in the road?”

Cop reporter: “A boy.”

Editor: “Oh. That’s my road. He’s a little shit.”

#9279

OHnewsroom — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:32:30 +0000

City editor on the phone: “Wait, did you say hotmail.com? That’s why it isn’t working. I thought you said hogmail.com.”

#9275

OHnewsroom — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:09:51 +0000

Online news writer: “I pressed some weird shortcut and now my keyboard is typing Arabic.”

#9267

OHnewsroom — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:33:40 +0000

Senior reporter to young female reporter: “I wonder if I can find a way to use my newfound Twitter superpowers to help get you a nice husband.”

#9247

OHnewsroom — Sun, 06 May 2012 23:50:07 +0000

Managing editor: “So Facebook, a company created by college students for college students wants to advertise with a college newspaper? Why?”

Reporter: “It’s all a part of Zuckerberg’s plan to conquer the world.”

#9245

OHnewsroom — Sat, 05 May 2012 08:00:35 +0000

Sub-Editor to Graphic Designer, who’s been hunched over his iPhone for a good half an hour: “Are you playing Draw Something?”

#9230

OHnewsroom — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:00:42 +0000

News Editor: “If we auto-tuned this article, it would be a hit on YouTube.”

#9225

OHnewsroom — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:12:55 +0000

Editor: “Our phones in the newsroom seem to have gone down.”

IT support: “Can you get by for the night without them?”

Editor: “Well, we are trying to put out a newspaper. So probably not.”