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    27 Things Media People Like

    Smart take.

    1. Complaining about how they hate listening to the sound of their own voices when transcribing.

    2. Waiting in long lines for chopped salad in their local metropolitan areas.

    3. Smart takes.

    4. Acting like going on TV is a huge hassle.

    5. David Grann.

    6. Saying they hate Twitter and want to quit it but never actually quitting it.

    7. Happy hour.

    8. Being "funny" in headlines.

    9. Going to book parties for free booze.

    10. Saying "I read you all the time" to someone, having never read anything.

    11. Subtweets.

    Some PR people being useless or otherwise irritating today. Some days are just like that I guess.

    FishbowlDC

    @FishbowlDC

    Some PR people being useless or otherwise irritating today. Some days are just like that I guess.

    / Via

    12. Calling people out on their subtweets.

    13. Getting free pizza in the newsroom on election night.

    14. Tweeting airport code —> airport code.

    15. Storifying conversations they have among themselves.

    16. The Awl.

    17. Correcting people's grammar.

    18. Anecdotal ledes.

    19. Spelling it "hed," "dek," and "lede" in part just to feel cool.

    20. Taking sources out to lunch just to expense it.

    21. Congratulating people on their new jobs on Twitter.

    Congrats to [journalist friend] on [his/her] new job at [respectable media organization]!

    daveweigel

    @daveweigel

    Congrats to [journalist friend] on [his/her] new job at [respectable media organization]!

    / Via

    22. Talking about needing coffee.

    23. Bringing laptops to meetings.

    24. Taking Instagrams of the TV studio set.

    25. Making fun of The Newsroom.

    26. Secretly being obsessed with their Klout scores.

    27. Arguing about whether New York or D.C. sucks more.