I think Scott Adams bugged The Daytona Beach News-Journal. No, not really, but I doubt his strip could be any more accurate, down to the exact character.
And it’s not just me. I posted the comic on the board, and every single person on the copy desk knew the person on our (un) “help desk” resembling [...]
We made it to Overheard in the Newsroom! Whoo!
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Male Metro Editor to female Copy Editor about a poorly-slugged story: “Have you gotten LAID yet?”
Posted on Oct 09.09
Kinda reminds me of this: “Journalists Get Laid [...]
I think we may have a newsroom mole because I could almost swear some of these have been said in our newsroom:
From Overheard in the Newsroom:
Editor: “Where is everybody today?”
Graphics artist: “This is everybody, remember?”
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Fashion reporter about her loud computer:
“If it’s gonna make this much noise, it oughta come out with a latte.”
And here’s some [...]
Dark humor for dark times. My friend and former co-worker Jodie, who now works in Australia, sent this to me recently. I posted this on Facebook, but I thought it was appropriate for here, too.
That’s really the title of the book I reviewed in today’s paper. I highly, highly recommend this book by Susan Jane Gilman for you travelers out there. (What did you think of it, Jessica?) For why I feel that way, check out my review ‘Heaven’ chronicles 2 women’s gripping trip from hell. (Review should be [...]
