A very funny insight into how newspapers work (and you don’t need to have worked at a newspaper to appreciate it)
This is a very funny insight into how newspapers work, a guide to what news desks tell their reporters – and what they mean – as shared by Michael Skapinker on Twitter.
To mark the @FinancialTimes return to Bracken House, here's the great Michael Holman's guide to what the news desk and reporters say and what they really mean.
"It's all there" = It needs a complete rewrite.
1/5 pic.twitter.com/0ceQppX3ss— Michael Skapinker (@Skapinker) May 19, 2019
Just fabulous.
Love this!
— Viv Groskop (@VivGroskop) May 19, 2019
This is awful and glorious.
— James Massola (@jamesmassola) May 19, 2019
1-6 in particular = newsdesk-speak gold.
— Andrew (@AJWalker73) May 19, 2019
Brilliant – all of it!
— Adam B Roscoe (@Tontkowalski) May 19, 2019
