So apparently the Times has decided that reporters from different papers getting together for a few (or many) beers is news? Corey Kilgannon and a photographer were there tonight. Actually there was a pretty good turnout, with reporters from all the major papers along with the Staten Island Advance and NY1. I was among the first to leave at 2:30 a.m… Afterwards heading up 10th Ave. I drive past Marquee. It is snowing lightly and traffic is snarled … these two girls approach and want a ride! Kinda random, but I take them up to their place, not far from where I live. Who says it’s hard to meet people in the city?
Where is this happening? Keep me posted!
[…] Okay, so the little reporters’ drink-fest I was at the other day has now made the NYT. (thanks to commenter Tom for pointing this out). Like I said before, I don’t really think the idea of reporters getting together for drinks is exactly news. But it’s a nice little story: At the crime scene, reporters compete ruthlessly for exclusive information, hunting and hoarding the juiciest quotation, the grittiest fact and the bloodiest narrative – anything to land a story on the front page. […]