Overheard in the Newsroom delivers the best overheard comments and conversations in any newsroom.
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Overheard in the Newsroom #2287: Reporter: “If someone were dying, I would be more sensitive.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2286: Cops Reporter: “This police chief is the bane of my existence.” Staff Reporter: “Yeah, you and all the other crack whores in town.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2285: News Editor to glum newbie Reporter: “Cheer up, it’s only the rest of your life.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2284: Two former colleagues upon learning about a bar fight that broke out at their former news station’s annual retreat: “It’s not like the good ole days when everyone would just get drunk and sleep with each other.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2280: Journalism Teacher to Students: “You probably did not get higher than 70%… unless your story gave me several orgasms during the course of reading.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2277: “I’m dreaming of a CMYK Christmas.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2276: “Pitching story ideas is like giving blow jobs. It’s part of the process but I’m not exactly enthusiastic about it.”
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Overheard in the Newsroom #2275: Reporter: “Last year on my self-evaluation I wrote a lot because I was frustrated. This year I will write little because I’m defeated.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2274: Director, referring to Main Anchor: “He’s in a good mood for a change.” Producer: “It’s payday, he had his prescriptions refilled.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2273: Copy Editor wondering how much to edit the end of an article: “Probably no one will read that far anyway.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2271: Reporter to her boss: “You don’t have a family. You’re an Editor.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2270: Executive Producer to newsroom: “If everybody were as smart as we are, we’d be out of business.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2265: Anchor reading daughter’s Thanksgiving artwork: “People died, we had a feast.” Reporter: “Isn’t that in our job description?”
