Found October 18, 2009 on Batter-up with Bruno: Yardbarker Blogger Network
I recently stumbled upon this on Facebook and being a journalist I definitely appreciate it.Overheard in the Newsroom is a website that simply posts up quotes or conversations that are literally overheard in a newsroom, whether it's at a newspaper or a broadcasting station.Here is a sample of some noteworthy ones:#1980 Editor to page designers: "Lets throw some crap on a page and get the hell out of here."#1979 "You want sensitivity training? Don't hang out in a newsroom, that's your sensitivity training."#1983 "I'm a newspaper editor. My job is to replace your reality with mine."#1968 Editor: "(With candy bar in hand) Do you like coconut?" Reporter: "No...wait is it free? I'm a journalist, I'll eat it."The last sentence wasn't really necessary, definitely could have stopped at 'free?' only because that's me written all over. Free food is amazing, probably the most amazing thing ever.But if you...
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