• Welcome to SportsJournalists.com, a friendly forum for discussing all things sports and journalism.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register for a free account to get access to the following site features:
    • Reply to discussions and create your own threads.
    • Access to private conversations with other members.
    • Fewer ads.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon!

Cursing in the newsroom

A good friend who works in Louisville once told me about the time they were doing an overhaul at the C-J about 4-5 years ago — I don't remember the specifics, but it was probably when they went to the smaller paper.

Anyway, a copy desk guy there got so Pished off at the techs they brought in from Germany to help with the procedure that, one night on deadline, he told the guy that "If this is the best your forkin' Kraut country has to offer, then tell them we don't want their forkin' help in Iraq."
 

Latest posts

Back
Top