Intern, referring to her age: “I can’t drink.”
Reporter: “Of course you can drink! You have a mouth!”
Category Archives: Overheard in the Newsroom
On Productivity…
TV reporter, visiting radio station: “So, this is where the magic happens?”
Radio Reporter: “Yeah, we have computers and everything.”
TV Reporter: “Solitaire?”
Radio Reporter: “No, they removed Solitaire and Free Cell.”
TV Reporter: “And productivity went up?”
Radio Reporter: “Almost, but thankfully there’s Facebook.”
On Technical Errors…
News editor: “What’s this ‘technical error’ for the poll results?”
Copy editor: “Well, technically, we forgot to post it online.”
On Computers…
“I should get paid double because I do all my work twice.”
Sports reporter after his computer crashed again
On Advertising…
“They just sent me a half-page color ad to add to the paper. I don’t know how we’re going to fit that. We’re going to have to get some KY Jelly and just shove that bitch in.”
Editor to page designer
On Upgrades (again)…
“How are we supposed to make the jump to the Web using a 20-year old Mac?”
Reporter
On E-mail Attachments…
“C’mon, lady, where’s my picture? I know you’re grieving and all, but hit the send button!”
Reporter, commenting on her wait for photo of dead man
On Vacations…
“I know you’re close to your two week vacation, but you can’t put at the end of your story ‘For More Information See Wikipedia’.”
Editor to Reporter
On Filling Space…
Reporter 1 at a weekly: “Are we at the time where we need to start making stuff up?”
Reporter 2: “Ya, we can always print a retraction next week and that will take up space too.”
On Upgrades…
“We have Paint! … And we can now use Facebook chat!”
Reporter exploring the new computer upgrades in the newsroom
