June 2012
11 posts
4 tags
When someone's 10 minutes are up in public session
I know the mayor is just like
May 2012
121 posts
3 tags
When I take a phone pic of a perp
One of these days, someone’s gonna be like:
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When people say, "Oh, you're on the paper?"
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When I have an incompetent source
There’s usually an early indicator, like:
And then I’m just like:
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When I'm trying to get out of event coverage
And I’m like:
But my editor is just like:
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When I found out Stuff Journalists Like posted...
And I was like:
But my friends were (kind of) like:
And I’m like:
Read here:
http://www.stuffjournalistslike.com/2012/05/every-journalist-needs-a-gif.html
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When a guy makes desk editor
All the female desk editors get like:
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When staffers hook up
At first, we’re all like:
And then we’ll gossip, as if it’s like:
Though, it’s probably more like:
And the singletons are like:
But the couples are like:
But then it’s over. And it’s like:
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When we have to take the office car
Whoever is driving is like:
And the rest of us are like:
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When I find blatant plagiarism of my work
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When I interview professors
They’re usually like:
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When an editor dismisses my pitch
I’m like:
And she’s like:
And then I’m like:
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When I got into a closed presser without...
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When an editor misses being a reporter
They rewrite every story, by starting like:
And then:
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When my editor says I never leave the office
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When a source has something true and juicy, on the...
*contribution*
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When the office phone rings
We all look around like:
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When I have the 5 stages of scoop anger
1: Disbelief
2: Rage
3: Pouting
4: Denial
5: Greater Rage
Acceptance of scooping does not exist.
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When I wrote my cover letters
I tried to make them be like:
But it probably sounded more like:
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When I'm dressed for my "grown up" job
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When I have my first coffee of the day
I’m guarding it like:
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When I'm leaving my paper for my "grown up" job
I just want to say goodbye to it, like:
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When I get email threats
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When I get a scoop
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When I did a local biz story on the tanning salon
The first person I interviewed was like:
And the next person I interviewed was like:
And the third person I interviewed was like:
So I was finally just like:
#collaboration
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When I first tried coffee
At first I was like:
And then suddenly:
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When I realize I have to do a deathknock for my...
*This post is a submission*
ariellecoambes asked: Oh hi, I'm obsessed with you. What college papers are involved with this Tumblr? I'm the EIC of The George-Anne at Georgia Southern and I must say that I am dying of curiosity.
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When a girl on my staff starts dating someone new
She’s like:
But the rest of us are just like:
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When someone first called me "derpy"
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When my editor asks if I'm going to make deadline
And I look at my work like:
And I just look at her like:
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When we plan our next ladies' night
I always just hope it won’t be like:
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When we repeatedly fail to make deadline
My editor must feel like:
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When the girls are dressed up at formal
Each of them looks like:
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When I have a paid reporting job
It’s still going to be like:
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When I use our ancient edition of word
I always want to be like:
When I'm without a computer
Hey all! On vacation for a few more days and I’m not sure how much I have queue’d up. If nothing is posted until this weekend, I apologize, but I’ll be back on Monday for more insight to the college journo lifestyle. In the meantime, send me an email if you’ve got a contrib idea: likeacollegejourno@gmail.com
when someone tells me they don't like to drink
butitsonsale:
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When I have Saturday coverage
And I really just want to be like:
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When I came to my interview in a suit
I know my interviewer was thinking:
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When I have nothing to budget and they get to me
I’m just like:
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When I don't know a story is only going online
I open the paper the next day like:
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When someone tells me my tweets aren't...
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When someone complains about what we eat while...
There’s always someone who’s like:
But then they’re like:
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When I see really terrible reporting at another...
I just feel like:
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When a source asks me if I'm going to make them...
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When someone brings in food to share
For a second, it’s like:
And then we all get like:
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When I know someone is full of shit
I just have to be like:
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When I have to get up early for coverage
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When I graduate with a journalism degree
I’m hoping for:
But I’m expecting:
