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yet more
Posted by
Charles Glasser
10/29/2003 2:07:12 PM
Investors unhappy with our coverage of their dying dot.com kept referring to us (Bloomberg) as "Bloopers." Funny, they didn't have stupid names f...
Investors unhappy with our coverage of their dying dot.com kept referring to us (Bloomberg) as "Bloopers." Funny, they didn't have stupid names for the SEC who eventually shut down the crooks running the penny stock outfit...
At my alma mater law school NYU, our journal "The Commentator" was called by all either "The Commiebaiter" or "The 'Tater"
Akron
Posted by
Brian Bardwell
10/29/2003 12:05:24 AM
My first day writing police blotters in Akron, the cops laughed at my badge and said, "The Leakin' Urinal, eh?"
My first day writing police blotters in Akron, the cops laughed at my badge and said, "The Leakin' Urinal, eh?"
fond memories.
Posted by
Jennifer Ellis
10/29/2003 12:41:32 PM
Lets see, I've worked for:
The News Grief (Chief)
The Lakeland Alledger (Ledger)
and Florida Yesterday
You gotta laugh!
Jen
Lets see, I've worked for:
The News Grief (Chief)
The Lakeland Alledger (Ledger)
and Florida Yesterday
You gotta laugh!
Jen
Hahahahahah.
Posted by
Marc Schanz
10/29/2003 2:53:46 PM
Yessss. About time we had one.
I too worked at the Daily Depressed in Victorville before coming down to the Imperial Valley Press in El...
Yessss. About time we had one.
I too worked at the Daily Depressed in Victorville before coming down to the Imperial Valley Press in El Centro.
No noteworthy pejoratives there, but I would like to submit one from my days working for Freedom Comm.
As an intern at their Gastonia, NC paper and an employee at their Victorville, CA one, I met many employees along the way who had disparaging remarks about the legacy of the Hoiles' pet company.
My personal favorite was uttered by an former co worker who devised this at the height of the Afghanistan conflict... and shortly after the overhaul of the benefit plan.
"Me, oh I'm fine. We're just hunkered down here in another week of Operation Enduring Freedom Communications."
Too kind.
MV Schanz
Daily Distorter
Posted by
Beth Hershberger
10/30/2003 11:17:00 AM
My first job out of college was at the Daily Reporter in Derby, Kan., AKA Daily Distorter.
My first job out of college was at the Daily Reporter in Derby, Kan., AKA Daily Distorter.
The Ledger
Posted by
Mark Friesen
10/28/2003 10:48:46 PM
The Ledger of Lakeland, Fla., was known by some as The Alleger.
The Ledger of Lakeland, Fla., was known by some as The Alleger.
Nicknames
Posted by
Patrick Keating
10/28/2003 4:54:48 PM
San Francisco Chronicle: SF Comical
SJ Mercury News: Smirk-ury News
San Francisco Chronicle: SF Comical
SJ Mercury News: Smirk-ury News
For a little geographical diversity...
Posted by
Sallie Owen
10/30/2003 11:32:14 AM
My first job out of college was at the Alexander City (AL) Outlook, which is sometimes called the Lookout. Incidentally, the Outlook actually pu...
My first job out of college was at the Alexander City (AL) Outlook, which is sometimes called the Lookout. Incidentally, the Outlook actually publishes a summer weekly for the nearby lake community called The Fishwrapper.
My other career stops have included the Montgomery (AL) Advertiser/Antagonizer and the Mobile (AL) Register/Cash Register.
A few determinedly political correct folks tried to call my college paper, The Auburn Plainsman, The Auburn Plainsperson
Another good one from Alabama is the Red Star aka the Anniston Star, which is notoriously liberal on its editorial page
Peoria Urinal Jar
Posted by
Katie Cunningham
10/28/2003 12:15:31 PM
In college, I interned for the Peoria Journal Star, affectionately known about town as the "Urinal Jar." One reader was so fond of the nickname,...
In college, I interned for the Peoria Journal Star, affectionately known about town as the "Urinal Jar." One reader was so fond of the nickname, he sent the news desk a mock up of the front page with "Urinal Jar" as the new title.
Those were the days...
Another from Philadelphia
Posted by
D.F. Manno
10/30/2003 11:42:09 AM
The Philadelphia Daily News is known by some Philadelphians as the Dirty News.
The Philadelphia Daily News is known by some Philadelphians as the Dirty News.
Two from Philadelphia
Posted by
D.F. Manno
10/29/2003 11:52:49 PM
My college daily, the Daily Pennsylvanian or DP, was occasionally called the Dip.
The Catholic archdiocesan paper in Philadelphia, the Catholi...
My college daily, the Daily Pennsylvanian or DP, was occasionally called the Dip.
The Catholic archdiocesan paper in Philadelphia, the Catholic Standard and Times, was known by some as the "Below Standard and Behind the Times."
D.F. Manno
las vegas review-journal
Posted by
joyce lupiani
10/29/2003 7:43:19 PM
a local politican who is rather upset with us (the las vegas review-journal) called us last week the las vegas redneck journal
i think that...
a local politican who is rather upset with us (the las vegas review-journal) called us last week the las vegas redneck journal
i think that one might stick
nicknames
Posted by
Gina Spadafori
10/28/2003 11:40:25 AM
While I'm sure the Freepers have plenty of names for the assumed-to-be-liberal Sacramento Bee, my long-time and sometimes still-missed employer,...
While I'm sure the Freepers have plenty of names for the assumed-to-be-liberal Sacramento Bee, my long-time and sometimes still-missed employer, I always thought "Bee" was funny enough not to need a nickname.
Other papers in the area had them, though. The Redding (Calif.) Record-Searchlight we called the Wretched Flashlight. The late Sacramento Union was, of course, the Onion. The Vacaville (Calif.) Reporter was the Repeater. My college paper, the State Hornet (Cal State Sacramento) was widely called the Hairnet.
Fun topic! Thanks for bringing it up.
School days
Posted by
Ken Fuson
10/28/2003 5:14:33 PM
As thousands of former University of Missouri J-School students can attest, the Columbia Missourian was called the Manure-ean.
As thousands of former University of Missouri J-School students can attest, the Columbia Missourian was called the Manure-ean.
Feedback on Nickname
Posted by
D McClelland
10/28/2003 12:12:13 PM
I've never seen or heard anyone else use this one.
The DaMNews (The Dallas Morning News)
I've never seen or heard anyone else use this one.
The DaMNews (The Dallas Morning News)
TX nicknames
Posted by
Dave Einsel
10/30/2003 1:08:25 PM
Abilene Distorter (Reporter) - News
Houston Comical (Chronicle)
It seems Comical and Snooze are pretty common monikers.
Abilene Distorter (Reporter) - News
Houston Comical (Chronicle)
It seems Comical and Snooze are pretty common monikers.
Ha
Posted by
Karen Iwamoto
10/31/2003 5:42:39 PM
These newspaper nicknames are a riot! I've heard people refer to my newspaper ( West Hawaii Today, on the Big Island of Hawaii) as West...
These newspaper nicknames are a riot! I've heard people refer to my newspaper ( West Hawaii Today, on the Big Island of Hawaii) as West Hawaii Yesterday. It annoys my news editor to no end and the word "yesterday" isn't allowed outside of quotes. If something happened on Monday and its going to be published Tuesday we have to write Monday. Example: The mayor said Monday.... NOT: Yesterday the mayor said...
After reading the other posts though, I think we're getting off easy. I'm going to print some of them out and hand them to my editor.
Post-Dispatch
Posted by
Valerie Schremp Hahn
10/28/2003 11:29:37 AM
Here at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, we get called the St. Louis Post-Disgrace. Fun, huh? People enjoy reminding us of our nickname, too. A fe...
Here at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, we get called the St. Louis Post-Disgrace. Fun, huh? People enjoy reminding us of our nickname, too. A few years ago, a police officer was shot and killed in a standoff and we ran a front page story about it. We also ran a story--right next to the police shooting story-- about police officers in another department who were being investigated for messing around with teenage girls. I got to follow up on the police shooting story the next day. Just after I sat down with a Captain to talk to him about his fallen colleague, he paused, took a breath, and started railing on me about the placement of the stories. "Do know what the police call your paper? Do you?" he asked. I shrunk back in my seat. "The Post-Disgrace?" I squeaked, feeling about an inch tall. Anyway, he calmed down, we both apologized, and he turned out to be a great interview.
I'm happy to say I haven't heard the nickname for awhile now...
Stun & Disturber
Posted by
Gary O'Brien
10/29/2003 3:05:54 PM
In 1982, when I was in Flagstaff, the Arizona Daily Sun was The Daily Stun.
Now, here in NC at the Charlotte Observer, it's The...
In 1982, when I was in Flagstaff, the Arizona Daily Sun was The Daily Stun.
Now, here in NC at the Charlotte Observer, it's The Disturber.
great stuff, thanks everybody!
News And Guide
Posted by
Jim Evans
10/28/2003 11:15:44 AM
The Jackson Hole (Wyo.) News & Guide is known as the nag.
The Jackson Hole (Wyo.) News & Guide is known as the nag.
The Daily Insufficient
Posted by
Melanie Lloyd
10/30/2003 1:38:32 PM
Right out of college I worked for a paper in the small town of Ridgecrest, California. The official name of the paper is The Daily...
Right out of college I worked for a paper in the small town of Ridgecrest, California. The official name of the paper is The Daily Independent. But due to a lack of editorial skills and many other problems, the name soon became The Daily Insufficient or The Daily Inefficient. I believe those names still apply today, from what I have heard.
distorter
Posted by
Denny Wilkins
10/28/2003 2:58:32 PM
My home town paper, The Recorder of Greenfield, Mass., at which I toiled for two decades, is popularly known locally as "The Distorter."
Ah,...
My home town paper, The Recorder of Greenfield, Mass., at which I toiled for two decades, is popularly known locally as "The Distorter."
Ah, well. Better than some of the four-letter nicknames ...
newspaper nicknames
Posted by
Lorenzo Perez
10/28/2003 4:28:23 PM
The tried-and-true nickname for my current employer, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) is "The News and Disturber."
But my favorite nickname...
The tried-and-true nickname for my current employer, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) is "The News and Disturber."
But my favorite nickname was attached to a small Alaskan daily where I wrote eight years ago. The locals in Kodiak, Alaska liked to call The Daily Mirror "The Daily Smear."
Daily Press, Newport News VA
Posted by
Holly Roberson
10/28/2003 12:47:36 PM
The Daily Press, Newport News VA
The Daily Mess
The Daily Press, Newport News VA
The Daily Mess
Also a Shitizen alumni
Posted by
Charlotte Libov
10/29/2003 4:28:08 PM
Since I started out at the Milford Shitizen as well, I was certainly chuckled at Chip's lead. Of course, the Shitizen, as with other papers...
Since I started out at the Milford Shitizen as well, I was certainly chuckled at Chip's lead. Of course, the Shitizen, as with other papers I've worked, now have a more unfortunate nickname attached to them - "defunct" as in, "the now-defunct Milford Shitizen" (along with the now-defunct Springfield (Mass. Daily Snooze) where I also toiled.
Charlotte Libov
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