Overheard in the Newsroom delivers the best overheard comments and conversations in any newsroom.
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Overheard in the Newsroom #2252: Reporter: “Could I be fired for repeatedly punching myself in the face?” Editor: “No, I think people would welcome that.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2251: Circulation Manager to News Editor: “I think you are the only one around here that can do everything.” News Editor: “I think that’s about right.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2249: Reporter on the phone: “Thanksgiving? No, I come into the office and I write articles. That’s my Thanksgiving. I watch other people eat. It’s great.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2248: Editor, after answering frantic call to newsroom: “The guy on the phone is having a turkey emergency and needs the number for the Butterball hotline.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2244: News Director: “I’m just not feeling that tingle anymore.” Newscast Director to a Producer: “That’s the cocaine wearing off.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2241: Reporter: “He wants us to say what we’re thankful for, in a meeting at 2:30 p.m. the day before Thanksgiving?” Other reporter: “I’m thankful we only have these staff meetings every other Wednesday.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2240: News Reporter: “I heard that I can get double overtime pay if I work on Thanksgiving and Christmas.” Producer: “Man, you really are hungry.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2238: Source complains to reporter that they are only reporting on a trial to sell newspapers. Reporter: “When you figure out what sells newspapers, you let me know.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2236: Producer after accidentally saving homepage with nothing on it: “Oh shit.” Web Editor: “What?” Producer: “Nothing. Just don’t hit refresh.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2234: Sports Editor: “How do you spell ‘masturbate?’” News Editor: “You don’t.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2232: Editor, talking about FarmVille feature: “It’s so strange. He says in his story that 63 million people play it, yet he can only find two sources…”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2228: Male Designer: “Philosophical question: ‘How does one move their hips like yeah?’” Female Designer: “I can’t show you at work.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2225: Editor 1: “Why’s this story ‘competitive’? I saw it on Gawker at noon.” Editor 2: “The story’s competitive; we aren’t.”
Overheard in the Newsroom #2224: “Explain to me why I can’t find a pen in this desk but there’s a drawer full of empty wine bottles.”
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