Overheard in the Newsroom

Producer talking about a late night shoot: “great we can run it in the morning” Other producer; “Or in the late” Producer: “…I forgot we have a late 😬”

Editor: The first time the cicadas came, I guess I was 6 and I remember that pretty clearly. I don't really remember the last time, so I got to thinking, "What was I doing 17 years ago?" I was 23, so I guess I was just drunk.

Copy editor, after about a year on the job: "I finally found out how to use spell check."

Editor: Yeah, and it's pretty hard to do much with a lady of the night while socially distanced.

Editor: Except people — they're often simple.

Editor: Well, yeah, don't say "asshole" or "moron."

Editor: Of course, my opinion might be shaded by the fact that they were muffins I didn't ask for that just showed up.

Chief of staff (on the phone): Are you brushing your teeth while you talk to me?

Editor: I just wrote a cutline and put the date as March. Sports writer: In some ways, we're still there.

Reporter: The Grinch whole stole next Christmas.

Publisher: Should the headline "un fucking believable" be hyphenated?

Associate, shrugging: She's new. 

Editor: "Before noon on a Monday? Mine breaks every week, but never this early."

Why do people who never read the news always ask, "Why don't you write about that ...?"?

Editor: "'A pillar of the community is less admired at home.' Ooh, Dear Abby finally published my letter."

Editor: "She just called him a Dick!"

Editor: [bitter laughter] There is no "my own time."