With my thanks to the Columbia Journalism Review. The magazine collects these great bloopers from subscribers and reporters. By the way, if you really want to see inside the news business, understand the challenges and ethical dilemmas, subscribe.
With my thanks to the Columbia Journalism Review. The magazine collects these great bloopers from subscribers and reporters. By the way, if you really want to see inside the news business, understand the challenges and ethical dilemmas, subscribe.
Why should we only have funny Friday's? We need more humor to survive a summer Monday. And so, the latest treat from one of my favorite magazines, The Columbia Journalism Review - I highly recommend subscribing. It is a great "behind the scenes" read. And from its regular feature, "The Lower Case," the latest funny headlines:
Correct Me If I'm Wrong is a book full of funny blooper headlines collected by the Columbia Journalism Review.
FYI...you won't find the book on Amazon. Be sure to go the the Newseum Store . I get no commission for this plug :)
Some great examples:
If misery needs company, today's Ragan Communications column on "Horror Stories From The Front Lines" lists real life testimonials of a layoff, or firing handled badly.
I'd like to add my own personal story to the list. At one of the first radio stations I worked at, it was clear that the new management wanted to get rid of me. Daily cruelty was the first attempt. One day, after finishing my morning news, management pulled me into a very quiet production booth and accused me of "deliberately sounding bad on the air to hurt ratings."
Whenever I run into someone going through a similar situation, I can always bring a smile to their face by saying, "Hey, if you've never been laid off or fired, you aren't an official member of the communications profession."
Now, enjoy the Ragan article here.
Correct Me If I'm Wrong is a book full of funny blooper headlines collected by the Columbia Journalism Review.
FYI...you won't find the book on Amazon. Be sure to go the the Newseum Store . I get no commission for this plug :)
Some great examples:
I knew something was wrong when, while working in a hotel room...technology gadgets spilling off the table, I picked up the TV remote and dialed it like a cell phone.
Feel like you've crammed a lifetime of tech learning into ten short years?
Fire up that gray matter and remember with me...
2- Remember when the phone rang and the air burst with lively conversation? Keyboards now click quietly in little office cubes.
3- Remember when we used to have a "live" conversation? Now a simple "yes, go ahead," "no wait…," "OK, go ahead," is pieced together via texts, voice mail, email and a Twitter.
4- Remember when you could use a "white lie" and say you never got the message? Now the sender madly searches digital archives and emails it to you (and sometimes your boss).
5- Remember when you placed mere phone calls to line up a news interview? Recently, I helped set up a TV story with a reporter on Facebook. I found the interviewees via Twitter.
6- Remember when cell phones were just cell phones? In 2000, a new client handed me a digital phone with a large screen and said, "Guess what? You can go online with this. Play with it and tell us what you think." I fell asleep in my hotel room, phone cradled in my arms...not knowing I'd accidentally ordered $250 in software from Amazon.com.
7- Remember when talking to yourself meant something might be wrong with you?
8- Remember the world before PowerPoint? Where do all dead overhead projectors go?
9- Remember when you rarely knew "whatever happened to" all your old friends?
10- And remember when life ran slower, brains were permitted to pause, and private time was a right, not a privilege?
Happy New Year! May we all make it through with our heads and hearts intact.
This year, instead of New Year resolutions, I've listed my New Year wishes. Do add yours!
I've been bad in the eyes of social media experts. I haven't posted on my blog for a few weeks. Why? Too busy, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY - I didn't have much to say. Sure, I inhaled a lot of new information, and exhausted myself with FB and Twitter. Some observations for your entertainment.
With my thanks to the Columbia Journalism Review. The magazine collects these great bloopers from subscribers and reporters. By the way, if you really want to see inside the news business, understand the challenges and ethical dilemmas, subscribe.
Enjoy!
Once a broadcast journalist, I now work as a PR, media relations, social media advisor for my firm, Cartwright Communications. My profession grows more complex each day. This blog helps me cope :) Selected as one of the 101 Women Bloggers to Watch for 2009 by WE Magazine.
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