This is the blog of Julie Starr. I write about the news business and consult on newsroom integration and change projects.
I am currently working on...
* Newsroom change management and web-and-print development for Fairfax Media NZ.
* Media liaison for Webstock 2012. It's going to be another great conference: here's the speaker list. Email me if you'd like to interview one of these smart people. (We'll do our best depending on everyone's availability.) julie@allaboutthestory.com.
All Evolving Newsroom
Did I just see a rumour of journalists go by?
A while back on Twitter I asked if anyone knew a collective noun for journalists other than ‘pack’. I was so taken with the replies that I thought I’d give them another airing here.
In no particular order, and for the most part fitting into the sentence “I just came across a _______ of journalists”, here they are:
rumour (@ricerboy)
quotient (@littlehigh)
press (@MrCompton)
hubbub (@MrCompton)
inquisition (@MrCompton)
germ (@obzcure)
the journalati (@TimDNorris)
gross (@kalena)
newsroom (@vodafonenz)
bar (@vodafonenz)
bludgeon (@vodafonenz)
gallery (@vodafonenz)
galley (@vodafonenz)
jaundice (@chelfyn)
typecast (@wasabicube)
scoop (@roho)
UPDATE…
gaggle (@araneanz)
beat up .. as in a beat up of journalists covering a round (@samfarrow)
Feedback via Twitter has so far resulted in three votes for a ‘rumour’ of journalists and one for a ‘scoop’.
What’s your favourite?